Rabbi Levi Feller is a popular young teacher who lives in Stamford, CT, who teaches at the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy, the local day school. The son of the Chabad rabbi in Minneapolis, MN, he absorbed the message of the Lubavitch movement from an early age: to spread Yiddishkeit wherever he can and make individuals feel proud to be Jewish.

“Rabbi Feller has an incredible ability to connect with our students,” says Rabbi Rosenfeld, Rosh Beit Sefer at the Bi-Cultural Hebrew Academy. “The relationships he builds with them are genuine, and it’s easy to see why he is so beloved by our students. They see his authenticity and are inspired.”

However, it should not be a surprise to anyone that Rabbi Feller promotes such positive feelings about being Jewish. You see, 61 years ago, his grandfather—Rabbi Moshe Feller (who was the Chabad rabbi in Minneapolis at the time)—was involved in a famous story involving Sandy Koufax, Yom Kippur, and a pair of tefillin.

The story of Rabbi Moshe Feller and Sandy Koufax has become one of the most memorable intersections of American sports and modern Jewish history. While Koufax’s refusal to pitch on Yom Kippur is well known, what happened the next day is less famous—but deeply meaningful.

On October 6, 1965, Game 1 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Minnesota Twins fell on Yom Kippur. It was being played in........

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