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The Football Deal

JL;DR SUMMARY The article narrates the inspiring story of Rabbi Yanky Kupperwasser's son, Dovid, who engaged in an act of mesirus nefesh (self-sacrifice) by refraining from watching the Super Bowl live to maintain his morning Torah study. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Torah StudyJewish ValuesCommitmentFaithMiraclesMatchmakingSuper BowlFootballSelf SacrificeMesirus Nefesh

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New York, United States
"Because it was televised in the evening on the East Coast, if you were in Israel, you had to stay up most of the night to watch it."
Israel
"Because it was televised in the evening on the East Coast, if you were in Israel, you had to stay up most of the night to watch it."

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