{"id":142732,"date":"2025-05-16T14:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=142732"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:51:32","slug":"zahavi-to-leave-maccabi-tlv-refaelov-to-retire-israel-soccer-and-basketball-playoffs-on-episode-512","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/zahavi-to-leave-maccabi-tlv-refaelov-to-retire-israel-soccer-and-basketball-playoffs-on-episode-512\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahavi to leave Maccabi TLV, Refaelov to retire + Israel soccer and basketball playoffs on Episode #512"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"205\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/v2\/podcast\/2480369?episode_id=10915576&#038;theme=dark\" style=\"border: medium; height: 205px; width: 100%;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesportsrabbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/roijay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roy Jankelowitz from Israel Sport<\/a><\/strong> spoke about Eran Zahavi leaving Maccabi Tel Aviv and Lior Refaelov deciding to retire with Maccabi Haifa while we also looked at the latest in the Israel soccer league. 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