[Avodah] zrizim and mitzvot///

[Liron Kopinsky]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Harvey Benton <harvw613 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> why do we put on one of the tefillins first, when the other is meakev?
> same would go for saying [brachot] and hinneni muchen umezuman,
> before doing the mitzvot, when it delays the mitzvah and we hold that
> zrizim
> makdimin.....
>

Saying the hinneni muchan (for those who do so) would be considered hachana
for the mitzvah and not necessarily a delay. Further, you would have to
prove that zerizim makdimin would have precedence over doing the mitzvah
better.

Having just read the chapters about zerizut in Messillat Yesharim, it seems
to me that your definition of zerizut is off anyway. It does not mean do it
as soon as possible, but rather, do it without any delay. If you are
actively engaged in doing the mitzvah, even if those actions are "just"
hachanot, you are still being zariz.

In terms of the tefillin, you physically can't put them both on at the same
time and the pasuk says "ukeshartem l'ot al yadecha, v'hayu l'totafot bein
einecha" in that order.

Kol Tuv,
Liron
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