Super Bowl, Sports, and Serving Hashem | An Honest Conversation ft. Rav Moshe Benovitz

from Shtark Tank · host Yaakov Wolff

Super Bowl week is here, and as Bnei Torah, we can't avoid asking a hard question: what is sports doing to our time, our headspace, and our Avodas Hashem?In this episode of Shtark Tank, I sit down with Rav Moshe Benovitz (Director of NCSY Kollel) for a real, nuanced conversation about loving sports without losing yourself in it—including the famous story of a Super Bowl night in Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavne where he made a deep decision to skip the game.We talk about:When sports is healthy… and when it starts to take over“Must-see TV,” compulsion, and where to draw the lineSports as a “religious” experience (arenas as temples)What Torah educators and marketers can learn from the NFL’s pullCommunity, purpose, and building a mission-driven lifeA fun detour into Bill Simmons and why sports can create real connection

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