131 Torah Book & Portion, Book of Genesis, Vayeira (Genesis 18:1-22:24), Source Book Keys, AMEMEI GENESIS | 22:3 early — GEN1132 There is a concept of urgency and of “rus... GEN1132 There is a concept of urgency and of “rushing” to perform commandments. Judaism lauds the person who gets up especially early to do a mitzvah as soon as possible. Rosh Hashana 32b, based on [this verse] describing Abraham, who arose especially early to fulfill God’s word in readiness to sacrifice his son Isaac. Therefore, it is customary to try to do a time-bound mitzvah as early as possible, such as performing a brit milah (ritual circumcision) as early as possible in the morning of the eighth day of a baby boy’s life. Shulchan Aruch, Toreh De’ah 262:1. AMEMEI 283 Share Print Source KeyAMEMEIVerse22:3Keyword(s)earlySource Page(s)(See end of excerpt) Switch article GENESIS | 22:2 offering — GEN1129 See [[GEN1126]] Genesis 22:1 words GOODSO... Previous Article GENESIS | 22:3 early — GEN1130 See [[GEN922]] Genesis 18:6 hastened BORO... Next Article