Rabbi Howard Morrison

Dear Congregational Family,

One of my favorite lines from Field of Dreams is when James Earl Jones says, "All that once was good, and it could be again." Baseball is back today. If we ever needed the look, the sound, the smell, the slow pace of baseball, we need it now. The quotation I have shared should inspire us that better days are coming. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

On this opening day of the baseball season, I share with you some excerpts from "The Baseball Haggadah," which came out in 2015:

The innings - Kadesh, Urchatz, etc.

The Teams - The Israelites (captain - Moses) and the Taskmasters (captain - Pharaoh)

Sing "Take me out to the Seder, Take me out to the crowds. Feed me some soup with a matzah ball. Pesach's in Spring and not in the Fall. For we'll root, root, root for the Israelites as they cross through the Red Sea. For it's one, two, three, four cups of wine we rejoice that we are free."

The Ten Plagues - "Being hit with a baseball, Foul off the foot, Lice in the helmet, Wild animals on the field, Dead grass on the field, Blister on the pitcher's finger, Rainout, Swarming insects on the field, Blackout of stadium lights, Line drive back to the pitcher."

Who Knows One? - Nine are the players in a Baseball game.

Eight was the perfect game in history that Koufax pitched.

Seven is the inning we do the stretch.

Six is the code for the shortstop.

Five is the number Hank Greenberg wore.

Four is the number of the bases.

Three are the outs of the inning.

Two are the teams of the game.

One is the World Series.

Root for the home team!

Chag Sameach!

Rabbi Howard Morrison