Rabbi David Kviat posed a difficult question, why does one say "God did for me" and not "for us," as one should not exclude oneself from the collective. I explained to him that in terms of gratitude, each person needs to acknowledge the specific good that has come to them. In the words of our sages (Berachot 9a), "Everything the host does, he does only for me." Therefore, the author of the Haggadah said that anyone who elaborates on the story of the Exodus is praiseworthy, for it is the way of someone who recognizes a kindness to extend gratitude for the good done to them. That is why one should detail all the good deeds done for us individually, as it is the way of recognizing a kindness to remember all the details of the good that was bestowed upon them, and not just remember it in a general sense. Therefore, for each aspect, it was said "Dayenu," as if to say that for each detail on its own, it is worthy of gratitude, and not just when all are combined together. Hence, the author of the Haggadah added: "Had the Holy One, blessed be He, not taken our ancestors out of Egypt, then we and our children and our children's children would have remained enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt." For the way of recognizing a kindness is to pay attention to what would have happened if they had not been shown that particular kindness.

It is possible that this is why I saw some righteous individuals who would recount on the Passover Seder night the miracle of their rescue from the days of the Holocaust, in order to acknowledge the goodness on this night for all the good and kindness. And perhaps to include this in the statement of the Haggadah: "In