Whoever starts a good deed, to him they say: see that you finish it/you can't say A without saying B

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Whoever starts a good deed, to him they say: see that you finish it/you can't say A without saying B

Whoever starts a good deed, to him they say: see that you finish it/you can't say A without saying B

If you have begun a mitzvah, strive to complete it all. Whoever has begun with effort to fulfill a completed mitzvah should strive to complete it. A reading of encouragement to those who fulfill the mitzvah to complete its fulfillment.

("Why did Phinehas send, saying, He who begins a mitzvah will finish it. He who turns back his anger and strikes the Midianites will finish his mitzvah" - in the Midbar of Rava (Vilna), Parashah Mittot, Parashah 22, and so: "He who begins a mitzvah will finish it all, the whole mitzvah" - Midrash Tanchuma (Warsaw), Parashah Akev Simeon 6, And so: "He who begins a mitzvah, they say to him, 'It is finished'" - Phani Yehoshua Masechet Barachot 34a)

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Expression (Hebrew)

הַמַּתְחִיל בַּמִּצְוָה אוֹמְרִים לוֹ: גְּמֹר

Definition (Hebrew)

אִם הִתְחַלְתָּ בַּמִּצְוָה הִשְׁתַּדֵּל גַּם לְסַיֵּם אֶת כֻּלָּהּ. מִי שֶׁהִתְחִיל בְּמַאֲמָץ לְקַיֵּם מִצְוָה מְסֻיֶּמֶת שֶׁיִּשְׁתַּדֵּל לְסַיֵּם אוֹתָהּ. קְרִיאַת עִידוּד לִמְקַיֵּם הַמִּצְוָה שֶׁיַּשְׁלִים אֶת עֲשִׂיָּתָהּ.

("לָמָּה שָׁלַח פִּנְחָס אָמַר מִי שֶׁהִתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה הוּא גּוֹמֵר. הוּא הֵשִׁיב אֶת חֲמָתוֹ וְהִכָּה אֶת הַמְּדִינִית הוּא יִגְמֹר מִצְוָתוֹ"- בְּמִדְבַּר רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת מִטּוֹת פָּרָשָׁה כב, וְכֵן:"הַמַּתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה יְהֵא גּוֹמֵר אֶת כֻּלָּהּ, כָּל הַמִּצְוָה"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (וַרְשָׁא) פָּרָשַׁת עֵקֶב סִימָן ו, וְכֵן:"הַמַּתְחִיל בְּמִצְוָה אוֹמְרִים לוֹ גְּמֹר"- פָנִי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מַסֶּכֶת בְּרָכוֹת מג ע"א)

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