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b'The renowned educator and Principal ofSAR High SchoolRabbi Jonathan Kroll stakes out his case for the immense positive effect having competitive sports teams has on the whole student body rippling a positive attitude and adding to school satisfactionreaching even those that are not athletes or spectators.He explains the important ethical instruction his school imparts to fans that teach students to refrain from taunting and unseemly excessive boosterism.Rabbi Kivelevitz inquires as to what sports can be safely introduced in the era of Covid-19,sans the hoped for vaccine.Kroll provides some inventive real options that could actually tee off.Rabbi Kivelevitz asks about the options available for students who are not physically gifted and live in dread of the dominance of jock culture,Rabbi Kroll describes the myriad options open for those individuals in other clubs and extra curricular activities that can receive attention and be celebrated.Kivelevitz notes that unfortunately most Yeshiva High Schools and Girls schools have very limited options in this regard,with only the financially well-off able to afford enrichment schools like SAR Frisch and Ramaz.The pair discuss how intense sports familiarity among Talmidim ,can serve as a way to impart principles of strict unbending Halachic rulings,and encourage memorization of key facts and phrases that pepper the Gemara page.Finally, Kivelevitz probes his guest about the high-schooler \'s ability to sustain the "agony of defeat"and suggests an adaptation of John Updike\'s wise words on pet owning and the ultimate demise of loved dogs."Losing the big game and absorbing the frustration realizing how life can continue unabated will pay dividends in a young person\'s road into an adulthood fraught with disappointments.Our ex-athletes will not be debilitated in their consciousness and persevere",Rabbi Kivelevitz opines.Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.comFor more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate'