To precipitate matters / to force time

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To precipitate matters / to force time

To precipitate matters / to force time

Made an effort to hasten the matter. Was overly hurried. Or: showed impatience.

("Rabbi Avin Halevi said: Whoever hastens the hour— the hour hastens him, and whoever is delayed because of the hour—the hour is delayed because of him" - Berakhot 74a; and also: "It is written: 'Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit' (Ecclesiastes 7:8). This is our father Jacob who went to Aram Naharaim with his staff, and his end was that he returned with two camps; good is the patient spirit, who prolonged his anger and did not hasten the hour" - Pesiqta Zutarta (Lekah Tov) Genesis chapter 32; and also: "Restrain your voice from crying... Do not be hasty to force the hour" - Mendeli Moshe / Masa’ot Binyamin volume 3, page 65; and also: "Rich women, each of whom hastens the hour and demands her goods early, is always anxious" - Shalom Aleichem / HaKadira, page 127; and also: "And the farmer on his part does not hasten the hour and is not hurried to drive his cart" - Bialik / Aryeh Ba’al Guf, chapter 7, verse 35.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דָּחַק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה

Definition (Hebrew)

הִתְאַמֵּץ שֶׁהַדָּבָר יַקְדִּים לִבּוֹ. נֶחְפָּז יוֹתֵר מִדַּי. אוֹ: גִּלָּה חֹסֶר סַבְלָנוּת.

("אָמַר רַבִּי אָבִין הַלֵּוִי: כָּל הַדּוֹחֵק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה- שָׁעָה דּוֹחַקְתּוֹ, וְכָל הַנִּדְחֶה מִפְּנֵי הַשָּׁעָה- שָׁעָה נָדַחַתְּ מִפָּנָיו"-בְּרָכוֹת סַד ע"א, וְכֵן:"כָּתוּב טוֹב אַחֲרִית דָּבָר מֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹ טוֹב אֶרֶךְ רוּחַ מִגְּבַהּ רוּחַ (קֹהֶלֶת ז ח), זֶה יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ שֶׁהָלַךְ לַאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם בְּמַקְלוֹ, וְאַחֲרִיתוֹ שָׁב בִּשְׁתֵּי מַחֲנוֹת, טוֹב אֶרֶךְ רוּחַ, שֶׁהֶאֱרִיךְ אַפּוֹ, וְלֹא דָּחַק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה"- פְּסִיקְתָּא זוֹטְרָתָא (לֶקַח טוֹב) בְּרֵאשִׁית פֶּרֶק לֵב, וְכֵן:"מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִצְּוָחָה...אַל תְּהִי דָּחְקָהּ אֶת הַשָּׁעָה"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ט, סה, וְכֵן:"נָשִׁים עֲשִׁירוֹת, שֶׁכָּל אַחַת מֵהֶן דּוֹחֶקֶת אֶת הַשָּׁעָה וְתוֹבַעַת סְחוֹרָתָהּ בְּמֻקְדָּם, חוֹשֶׁשֶׁת תָּמִיד"- שָׁלוֹם עֲךֵיכֶם/ הַקְּדֵרָה, קכט, וְכֵן:"וְהָאִכָּר מִצִּדּוֹ אֵינוֹ דּוֹחֵק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה וְאֵינוֹ נֶחְפָּז לְהַסִּיעַ אֶת עֶגְלָתוֹ"-בְּיָאלִיק/ אַרְיֵה בַּעַל גּוּף, ז, לָהּ)

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