דָּחַק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To precipitate matters / to force time

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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.)