Under normal circumstances, Sol Werdiger, founder and CEO of Outerstuff — the popular youth sports apparel manufacturer — is a gregarious presence on Super Bowl weekends. He has attended every championship game of the National Football League for more than two decades — and he has always used the occasion to connect with local Jewish community members who can look forward to a festive Shabbat meal as much as the rowdy big game on Sunday.
“We try to take advantage of it and turn it into a full Shabbat experience,” Werdiger, the chairman of Agudath Israel’s board of trustees, said in an interview with Jewish Insider on Thursday. “We’re a frum family and we’re in the sports business — and we’ve been going to the Super Bowl now for almost 25 years.”
But as Werdiger heads down to Tampa on Friday for what will be the 55th Super Bowl — a highly anticipated matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — he has no plans for any such revelry due to the pandemic. “This year we’re not going to make our own minyan,” he said. “I’m going to walk to the local Chabad.”
“Instead of having a full kosher catered event at the arena itself, I’m sure we’ll be eating in our hotel rooms before we go and when we get back,” Werdiger added, noting that his sons and some grandchildren will be flying in only for the game. His wife, who normally tags along to help, is staying home. “Most of the people that I normally go with are not going,” Werdiger said. “It’s going to be a little bit different this year.”
Read more at Jewish Insider.
{Matzav.com}
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Please open the link, this gentleman is someone we all should learn from
Good man. Baal Tzidaka. I have been a recipient of his generosity when I was going thru a difficult financial matzav.
Sports is the way of Yovon.
Anonymous – commenting is also a sport.
Can the author please write a piece on what the menu was ,If there was a need for benchers or not.
And the point is????
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Who gives a hoot
Thanks so much matzav for inspirational article. I’m so happy for him.
Y arent u publishing my response?
Am i hashkaficly wrong?
U urself published another post reflecting what i said regarding learning vs superball.
This political correctness which makes establishment figures/ orgs verbotten to legitimatly criticise / question is a hugh haskafic problem.
I invite anyone from matzav to appear on my radii program levin @11 thurs eve ti explain to thousands of listeners y im wring for critucising this
respectfully
ylevin
And why exactly is this newsworthy?!?