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Is It a Mitzvah to Exercise?

Is It a Mitzvah to Exercise?

Update: 2025-09-25
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Can playing hockey really count as a mitzvah on the road to Yom Kippur? 🏒✨


Maimonides calls exercise a mitzvah!


When we move, sweat, and stay strong, we bring body and soul into harmony and reach a place of yishuv ha-da’as—true mental clarity.


So yes, that hockey game (or any joyful workout) can be holy work.


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Is It a Mitzvah to Exercise?

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