One Minute Daily Torah Thought - Rabbi Moshe Levin

Send us a textWhat speed is Jewish? While many have a laugh about Jewish time, what does the Torah say about rushing to get something done? The Talmud does say in Pesachim 4a, " mitzvah must be done with alacrity." Is that what we're all meant to do? How about those times you are meant to slow down and  speak deliberately and calmly? What of the times we are meant to spend in prayer, slowly and earnestly? When are we meant to rush and when are we meant to slow down? There are two pivotal times in our history, the departure from Egypt is associated with frenzied haste and running, and while our sages say that ישועת ה' כהרף עין,  G-d's salvation arrives in the blink of an eye, Isaiah, in 55.12, describes the coming of Moshiach as a time that "you will not run". The answer is:While we had left Egypt physically, we still had to contend with the friction of our own desire to return to Egypt and what Egypt represents. Although Moshiach will arrive instantaneously, it's not ab