Dayyenu: How many favors (ma’alot) has the omnipresent bestowed upon us: There are those who explain that since these Tana’im⁶ refers to those sages who lived in the period prior to or contemporary with Rabbi Judah the prince (200 CE), the author of the Mishnah. These three sages appeared in the passages prior to this with. They are famous for having multiplied the number of plagues to 50, 200, and 250. multiplied (ma’alim) the number each of the plagues and miracles, therefore the Maggid said “How many favors (ma’alot)…” That is, (even with all the miracles we have mentioned), we can still increase and speak of the favors and miracles that omnipresent did for us and how great is God’s love for us.

footnotes: ⁶ They are Rabbi Yosi, Rabbi Eliezer, and Rabbi Akiva. The word Tana’im