By Rabbi Nechemia Coopersmith
Aish Hatorah Resources 

I'm getting too fat and it's time to start running again

 

September 1, 2023



Why running is an ideal way for me to get into spiritual – and physical – shape.

Hard to believe, but I used to get up at 5 a.m. to go for a 20-minute run, a long enough workout for me to become totally drenched in sweat and delude myself into thinking I’m Rocky Balboa on the streets of Philadelphia.

I don’t remember the last time I went for a jog (I think it was around four months ago one Saturday night after psyching myself up all Shabbat. Thank God I didn’t have a coronary, even though there was a voice screaming in my head, “Stop right now! You’re going to have a heart att...



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