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

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

What if the person had to be at work by 8:30am instead of in Kollel?
Technically he could work for less hours in the day (or even just lose his
train of thought etc.) and go in the middle of the day, but it is much
simpler for him to go earlier in the morning before davening.

What if the person had no medical issue that required swimming, but it was
the way he wanted to get exercise?

I heard once in the name of RSZA that if one is going to drink coffee before
davening he should say Mizmor Shir Chanukat Habayit l'David first, as
through that he is yotzei to some level of being mitpalel al damo through
saying "Mah Betza b'Dami..." (TTBOMK) most poskim say it is muttar to drink
coffee before davening, and I have never heard of a specific issur to not
exercise before davening (especially if someone has a minyan kavuah that
they go to). Would RSZA require the swimmer to say Mizmor Shir Chanukat
Habayit before swimming too?

Kol Tuv,
Liron
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