A Commandment is Beloved at Its Time
It is good to perform the commandment when it is done at its proper time. There is significance in the proper timing in which the commandment is performed.
("Amrinan, is a mitzvah beloved in its hour? And this is the condition: He who gathers in his house on the Sabbath - he blesses the wine, and the lamp, and the incense, and then says the same thing about the cup. And if he has only one cup - he sets it aside until after the meal" - Pesach 12:2)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
חֲבִיבָה מִצְוָה בִּשְׁעָתָהּ
Definition (Hebrew)
יָפֶה עֲשִׂיַּית הַמִּצְוָוה כְּשֶׁהִיא נַעֲשֵׂית בִּזְמַנָּהּ. יֵשׁ מַשְׁמָעוּת לָעִתּוּי הַנָּכוֹן שֶׁבָּהּ נַעֲשֵׂית הַמִּצְוָה.
("אָמְרִינַן חֲבִיבָה מִצְוָה בִּשְׁעָתָהּ? וְהָא תָּנִיא: הַנִּכְנָס לְבֵיתוֹ בְּמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת- מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַיַּיִן, וְעַל הַמָּאוֹר, וְעַל הַבְּשָׂמִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ אוֹמֵר הַבְדָּלָה עַל הַכּוֹס. וְאִם אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא כּוֹס אֶחָד- מַנִּיחוֹ עַד לְאַחַר הַמָּזוֹן"- פְּסָחִים קה ע"ב)