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The rabbi and the referee
Rabbi Jason Miller guest blogs on Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Pini Gershon’s introduction to NYC basketball.
When you pray, pray; when you play, play
Phillies phailure phinally phigured out
But where do you keep your (fill-in-the-blank)?
The shoes don’t count.
Honor thy father: Next time, hold on to the ball
Honor they father: Next time, hold on to the ball.
Pesach parable?
In this essay from the Jewish Press, Rabbi Meir Goldberg compares the Jewish people with the New York Yankees. For we too have a glorious history with the greatest of leaders who have impacted the world for good. We have had many magnificent moments and have achieved far more than our meager numbers would indicate. [...]
A religious POV on the Dubai tennis tournament
Rabbi Yaakov Salomon offers a Halachic take on the tennis situation in this video from AISH.com.
Field of Life, Fields of Dreams
Earlier this year I did a story on artist Dov Abramson and his rendering of the Kabala’s “Field of Life” in a baseball idiom. He equated the 10 “sefirot” with positions on a balfield (plus one for the first base umpire). This is the “original” design: Compare that with this essay by Reb Reuven Goldfarb. [...]
