How many degrees of goodness did God bestow upon us!22 can also mean qualities, as is the opening word in psalms 126-134, shir hamaalot. If God had taken us out of Egypt and not made judgments on them; it would have been enough for us. If God had made judgments on them and had not made them on their gods; dayyenu. If God had made [them] on their gods and had not killed their firstborn; dayyenu. If God had killed their firstborn and had not given us their money; dayyenu. If God had given us their money and had not split the Sea for us; dayyenu. If God had split the Sea for us and had not taken us through it on dry land; dayyenu. If God had taken us through it on dry land and had not drowned our enemies; dayyenu.. If God had pushed down our enemies in the Sea and had not supplied our needs in the wilderness for forty years; dayyenu. If God had supplied our needs in the wilderness for forty years and had not fed us the manna; dayyenu.. If God had fed us the manna and had not given us the Shabbat; dayyenu. If God had given us the Shabbat and not brought us close to Mount Sinai; dayyenu. If God had brought us close to Mount Sinai and had not given us the Torah; dayyenu. If God had given us the Torah and had not brought us into the land of Israel; dayyenu. If God had brought us into the land of Israel and had not built us the Temple; dayyenu. How much more so is the good that the Omnipresent has bestowed upon us; since he took us out of Egypt, and made judgments with them, and made [them] with their gods, and killed their firstborn, and gave us their money, and split the Sea for us, and brought us through it on dry land, and pushed down our enemies in [the Sea], and supplied our needs in the wilderness for forty years, and fed us the manna, and gave us the Shabbat, and brought us close to Mount Sinai, and gave us the Torah, and brought us into the land of Israel and built us the 'Chosen House' [the Temple] to atone upon all of our sins. How many degrees of goodness did God bestow upon us! This alludes to what the commentators have written: Adonai Elohim23 was transformed to the tetragrammaton name (YHVH), alludes to the attribute of mercy. Through this transformation we went forth from Egypt. This is alluded to in the words, “How (kama) many decrees of goodness.” The word kama is made of the same letters as makah, plague. Makah hints at the attribute of justice which came upon us but was transferred to Egypt. Note that dina (judgment) has the same gematria as makah. The judgments that smote Egypt were mighty plagues but for us they were transformed into acts of compassion, as is said, “How many (kamah) degrees of goodness.” There are those who interpret “Did God bestow upon us,” to mean, “we are obligated for all these good acts, is similar to “How many obligations do we have.” It is for this that we must give thanks and bless God.