Running to Enjoy a Conversation on Shabbat
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Question
In Terumat HaDeshen, Pesakim and Ketavim, Siman 155, there is an implication that it is permissible to run on Shabbat to speak with someone in a conversation that one enjoys, as it is considered Shabbat delight, similar to Shulchan Aruch, Siman 301, Paragraph 2, where it is permitted to run to see something that one enjoys. Is this followed in practice?
Answer
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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.
Source
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.