{"id":161435,"date":"2025-11-07T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=161435"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:41:06","slug":"deni-avdija-superstar-hapoel-tel-aviv-keeps-winning-maccabi-keeps-struggling-in-euroleague-play-on-episode-535","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/deni-avdija-superstar-hapoel-tel-aviv-keeps-winning-maccabi-keeps-struggling-in-euroleague-play-on-episode-535\/","title":{"rendered":"Deni Avdija superstar, Hapoel Tel Aviv keeps winning, Maccabi keeps struggling in Euroleague play on Episode #535"},"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=11004293&#038;theme=dark\" style=\"border: medium; height: 205px; width: 100%;\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thesportsrabbi\" target=\"_blank\">The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mobluelion\" target=\"_blank\">Moshe Halickman<\/a><\/strong> the head of The Sports Rabbi Hebrew Website talked about Deni Avdija who is turning into a superstar while we also looked back at Hapoel Tel Aviv&#8217;s Euroleague win, Maccabi Tel Aviv&#8217;s struggles along with all of the other basketball and soccer action from around the Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to subscribe to <strong>The Sports Rabbi Show<\/strong> on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-sports-rabbi\/id545181049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/360wV5Qghgu0WwgBuVYqYC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVzcG9ydHNyYWJiaS5wb2RvbWF0aWMuY29tL3JzczIueG1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also download our fabulous new App available for both Android and iPhone!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/il\/app\/sports-rabbi\/id1635384090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for the iPhone App<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.sports_rabbi.sports_rabbi&amp;gl=IL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for the Android App<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sports Rabbi Josh Halickman and Moshe Halickman the head of The Sports Rabbi Hebrew Website talked about Deni Avdija who is turning into a superstar while we also looked back at Hapoel Tel Aviv&#8217;s Euroleague win, Maccabi Tel Aviv&#8217;s struggles along with all of the other basketball and soccer action from around the Holy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":161438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-161435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-deni-avdija","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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