You've already kept all the commandments and only this one remains?! (כְּבָר קַיֶּימֶת כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת וְלֹא נִשְׁאַר לְךָ אֶלָּא זוֹ בִּלְבַד?!)

You've already kept all the commandments and only this one remains?!

In irony: Why are you rushing to perform this commandment in particular if you haven't kept the rest of the commandments?! An expression used to criticize or mock someone who insists on doing a certain act that benefits them, while claiming sanctimoniously that it is a commandment they want to fulfill.

("They said to him, 'You are a liar,' and in the world, you have fulfilled all the commandments, and nothing remains to you but this one thing in your heart. When the command was given to kill him, his mother fell upon him and embraced and kissed him." - Ikha Rava (Vilna), Parsha 1)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כְּבָר קַיֶּימֶת כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת וְלֹא נִשְׁאַר לְךָ אֶלָּא זוֹ בִּלְבַד?!

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּאִירוֹנְיָה: מָה אַתָּה מְמַהֵר לְקַיֵּים דַּוְוקָא אֶת הַמִּצְוָה הַזּוֹ אִם לֹא קַיֶּמֶת אֶת שְׁאָר הַמִּצְווֹת?!, בִּטּוּי הַבָּא לִמְתֹּחַ בִּקֹּרֶת אוֹ לִלְעֹג לְמִי שֶׁמִּתְעַקֵּשׁ לַעֲשׂוֹת מַעֲשֶׂה מְסֻיָּם שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ תּוֹעֶלֶת מִמֶּנּוּ, וְזֹאת בְּטַעֲנָה מִתְחַסֶּדֶת שֶׁזּוֹ מִצְוָה שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה לְקַיֵּם.

("אָמְרוּ לוֹ שׁוֹטֶה שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, כְּבָר קַיֶּמֶת כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת וְלֹא נִשְׁאַר לְךָ אֶלָּא זוֹ בִּלְבַד, מִיָּד צִוָּה עָלָיו לְהָרְגוֹ נָפְלָה אִמּוֹ עָלָיו וְהָיְתָה מְחַבַּקְתּוֹ וּמְנַשַּׁקְתּוֹ"- אֵיכָה רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשָׁה א)

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