Be eager to perform a light commandment as a serious one

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Be eager to perform a light commandment as a serious one

Be eager to perform a light commandment as a serious one

Strive to keep the easy commandments, while the more difficult ones are considered unnecessary.

("Ben Azzai Omer says: He who runs to a light commandment is as easy as a heavy one, and he who flees from a transgression, for a commandment leads to a transgression, and a transgression leads to a transgression, for he who has a commandment is a commandment and a transgression is a transgression" -Avos 4:2, and so: "Ben Azzai Omer says, He who runs to a light commandment is as easy as a heavy one...and the wise say, Far be it from a light commandment that it will lead you to a great one... "To commit a serious sin" - H. Baer/ To the Place Where the Spirit Goes, 180)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֱוֵי רָץ לְמִצְוָה קַלָּה כְּבַחֲמוּרָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הִתְאַמֵּץ לְקַיֵּם מִצְווֹת קַלּוֹת כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֶת הַמִּצְווֹת הַחֲשׁוּבוֹת בְּיוֹתֵר.

("בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר: הֱוֵי רָץ לְמִצְוָה קַלָּה כְּבַחֲמוּרָה וּבוֹרֵחַ מִן הָעֲבֵרָה שֶׁמִּצְוָה גּוֹרֶרֶת מִצְוָה וַעֲבֵרָה גוֹרֶרֶת עֲבֵרָה שֶׁשְּׂכַר מִצְוָה מִצְוָה וּשְׂכַר עֲבֵרָה"-אָבוֹת ד ב, וְכֵן:"בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר ,הֱוֵי רָץ לְמִצְוָה קַלָּה שֶׁיְּבִיאֵךְ לְמִצְוָה רַבָּה...וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים,הַרְחֵק מָחָא קַל שֶׁמָּא יְבִיאֵךְ לְחֵטְא חָמוּר"- ח.בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ הוֹלֵךְ, 180)

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