The Beitar Jerusalem team, for the bored followers among us, has been losing, or at least not winning, in recent games. Why? Poor fitness, an unconnected coach, incorrect game drills, maybe the left midfielder is rusty? No, no.
It turns out that the team's rabbi, yes there is such a thing, was removed from the locker room during games, and this apparently causes spiritual weakness, which makes it difficult for the players on the battlefield.
Betar explained that they were fined for allowing strangers onto the pitch whose names were not recorded on the match form. Rabbi Ami Peikovsky, for his part, claimed to Ynet that this makes it difficult for him to communicate with the players.
""This physical distance makes it very difficult for me to have the ongoing connection I had with everyone, making it difficult to strengthen and encourage them before and during the games. Beitar's victories depend first and foremost on the victory of the spirit. When the players are happy and full of faith, this thing also wears on the field and brings them to achievements they never had before.".
Pikowski noted that he is not establishing a causal connection between his absence and the sporting beatings, but he is 'stating a fact': "Lately we have been getting kidnapped. I don't know if there is a connection between the things or not, but I am just stating a fact.
""I hope that with God's help we can succeed together, despite the recent difficulties, to instill in the team the spirit of joyful Judaism that it has had so far, and in any case return to the path of victories that we were on.".
People around Favorsky claim that he contributes a lot to Jewish affairs, along with his friend Rabbi Yankela Glauberman, and he even caused the team to commit to not playing on Shabbat.
Favorsky explained that there is no doubt that this helped the players: "Their best time was when we lit menorahs with them on the field, we danced together in the month of Adar, and all the time we made sure that they did not lose the connection between the fact that they were Jews and the faith that lies within each and every one of them - in the Holy One, blessed be He, and the ability to overcome all obstacles through faith.".
So is this some kind of joke, curiosity, or prank? It turns out not.
Everything is terribly serious, and the only joke left is Judaism itself.
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