Running to Enjoy a Conversation on Shabbat
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Hello Rabbi
The Shulchan Aruch ruled that it is permissible to run on Shabbat to see something that one enjoys, and the same applies to a conversation that brings enjoyment.
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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 301, Paragraph 2
Young men who enjoy jumping and running are permitted. Likewise, to see anything that brings enjoyment.
Regarding whether this is what is written in Terumat HaDeshen, it is not clear. For he wrote: And it seems to me that since they enjoy it, it is considered a mitzvah, and matters of heaven are like a mitzvah, it is permitted to run to the synagogue and increase conversation, as stated in the Smak, and for a mitzvah, it is permitted. And it seems he meant that the Smak spoke of 'increasing conversation', but this is not so, for the Smak spoke of running to the synagogue, and perhaps 'increasing conversation' means 'prayer'. It requires further study.