Separation of sports and religion? Separation of sports and religion?

Make way for the Torah, I mean trophy

A little bit of Shabbos on the football field

By Amanda Borschel-Dan
  • Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features.
 8 February 2012, 10:56 am
The four Vince Lombardi Trophies won by the New York Giants to date. (Photo credit: Public domain)

In this hilarious video, the 1973 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Raymond Berry, a former receiver for the Baltimore Colts, carries the Vince Lombardi Trophy through a gauntlet of Giants players.Still buzzed from their win, the players reach out to the trophy, stroke, and even kiss it.

Set to the tune of the Torah processional on a Shabbat morning service, the video makes for an ironic statement on the role of sports in America today.

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