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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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(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
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(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 85031 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
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Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 263 (address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Yeshiva Chakla’it in Kfar Haroeh)
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P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
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