The Baseball Haggadah: A Festival of Freedom and Springtime in 15 Innings

Rabbi Sharon G. Forman, a little league mom, has lovingly reinterpreted the Haggadah text through the lens of another beloved springtime ritual, baseball.This sports oriented Haggadah, or guide to the Passover seder, portrays the story of the Exodus as a lively baseball game. Adhering to the general contours of a traditional seder, this Haggadah is filled with baseball references. With Moses as the team captain for the Israelites and Pharaoh heading up the Taskmasters, the lineups struggle for dominance. God throws the ultimate "splitter," making way for the Israelites to cross the Sea of Reeds. With illustrations by artist, Lisa J. Teitelbaum, and a foreword by Jon Daniels, General Manager of the Texas Rangers, and his brother, Ryan, a soon-to-be-ordained Reform rabbi, this Haggadah provides a joyful way to connect to the traditions and values taught in a modern Passover seder, such as love of freedom, kindness to strangers, and a concern for the weaker members of society. The user-friendly text is written with particular sensitivity to gender equality and includes transliteration for non-Hebrew readers. With a bit of imagination, home plate transforms into a seder plate, and the baseball diamond morphs into a square of matzah turned on its side. Perfect for religious school model seders or as a supplementary Haggadah for baseball lovers of all ages.… (more)