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The second form of zerizut is that which is employed after one has begun to perform a mitzvah. One must not to stop in mid stream, rather he should continue to hurry and finish the good deed. With regards to this the sages said, "A mitzvah is judged only upon its completion."
Some of us possess one aspect of zerizut, yet lack the other. There are those who always encounter difficulty when it comes to starting a mitzvah, and before even beginning the mitzvah, stall for time, putting it off again and again. Yet once they've begun it's easy for them to continue, and they absorb themselves in the act completely, continuing with it until it is complete. One example of this might be in study, say home work, it's difficult to begin, yet once one has begun it's easy to continue.
Pathways in Personality Development (52)
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
6 - 6. "Zerizut" - Its Practical Application
7 - 7. Starting and Maintaining "Zerizut"
8 - 8. Self Actualization and Freedom from Indulgence
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In addition, there are those who find everything difficult. It's difficult for them to begin -and they therefore always put off beginning; and then, even once they've begun, it's difficult for them to continue their task till its completion.
A person must become familiar with his qualities, to recognize his strengths and his weaknesses, in order that he be able to strengthen himself, to strengthen his positive qualities and to fix his weaknesses. It is possible to change and it is possible to overcome weaknesses. It is possible to develop the quality of zerizut and to overcome the tendency to laziness. This is accomplished by making a firm decision to change and through practice - practicing to do good deeds with zerizut, with speed, and with alacrity. As it says concerning Abraham when guests came to him, "And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, 'Hurry! Three measures of the finest flour! Knead it and make rolls.' Abraham ran to the cattle, and chose a tender, good calf. He gave it to a young man who rushed to prepare it." Everything was done with zerizut, alacrity and speed, to fulfill the mitzvah of welcoming guests in its entirety. Abraham hurried and urged the others to hurry as well.
Rivka too, when Abraham's servant Eliezer requested of her, "Please, let me sip a little water from your jug... she quickly lowered her jug to her hand and gave him a drink...she quickly emptied her jug into the trough and ran to the well again to draw water." She did everything quickly, hurriedly.
When a person is excited about something and is happy to do it, he does it with zerizut, speedily, without pausing for a moment. Excitement leads to zerizut. The opposite is true as well; zerizut can cause a person to become excited. When a person carries out his actions quickly, with zerizut, it awakens in him excitement and inner burning, and as a result of this outer alacrity, one's inner will and desire increase.
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
