Success of Super Bowl-winning QB offers proof of a Talmudic principle

On the day before the National Football League championship game last Sunday, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold was studying his playbook, and reviewing game films. He was reviewing the plays his team could use the next day against the New England Patriots. He was studying the defensive formations and personnel alignments the Patriots could send on the field. He was preparing to put himself into the best mental state for victory.

A devout Christian, he should have gone to shul. ,,, . ,≥ The Torah portion read in synagogue on the day before the Super Bowl was Yitro.

The parsha, one of tw...