[Avodah] Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: Swimming Before Davening?

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 07:21:29AM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From http://revach.net/article.php?id=3316
...
> The questioner then explained that he could go swimming later during the 
> day but it would come at the expense of his learning schedule.  Rav 
> Shlomo Zalman said that in that case he may swim before davening. (Aleihu 
> Lo Yibol OC 66)

I am unsurprised because the sevara seems straightforward: The
problem with eating before davening is placing one's guf before one's
neshamah. Presumably something parallel would apply to one's morning
workout as well. But here a motivator is another ruchani goal -- learning.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha