Rabbi's Sermon in Irvine

The rabbi gave an interesting sermon this rosh hashana that I was not expecting.

He informed the congregation that as a child his religion was not Judaism.

It turns out, that his religion was baseball.

He then continued to tell us baseball stats and figures for about 5 minutes, all the while mentioning the brachas he made, and the holidays he celebrated.

He said the famous line, Judaism is my "way of life", Baseball was his religion, but Judaism was his way of life, was his constant refrain.

Interesting things to think about. Other religions he gave examples of were Arts, theater, Electronics, Television, he should have mentioned blogging but didn't.