[Avodah] swimming lessons

[Prof. Levine]

At 05:14 PM 6/30/2011, Rafi Goldmeier wrote:

>I am sure that in a situation of specific sakana caused by the swimming
>itself, the sakana would take precedence over the precept of teaching
>swimming.
>
>Kol tuv
>Rafi Goldmeier

This must have something to do with the lack of supervision of the 
boys on these trips.  Or, perhaps the places where they go swimming 
are dangerous.

It is difficult for me to understand how anyone can be against 
swimming per se.  Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky was an avid swimmer.  I 
recall that he created a stir on a Friday afternoon when, while 
visiting his son Avraham at a bungalow colony in Monroe, he went down 
to the pool, dove in and swam laps.  He was in his eighties at the 
time. :-)   YL
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