Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 14:14

מציאה ממציאה כתיב הכא (שמות יב, יט) שבעת ימים שאור לא ימצא בבתיכם וכתיב התם (בראשית מד, יב) ויחפש בגדול החל ובקטן כלה וימצא ומציאה מחיפוש דידיה

Now incidentally all agree that we must recite the benediction beforehand:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Before actually performing the precept.');">¹⁵</span> how do we know it? - Because Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: For all precepts a benediction is recited prior ['ober] to their being performed - Where is it implied that this [word] 'ober connotes priority? - Said R'Nahman B'Isaac, Because Scripture saith, Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain and overran [wa-ya'abor] the Cushite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. XVIII, 23. I.e., he passed in front of him, and similarly 'ober, which is derived from the same root as wa-ya'abor, means in front of, i.e., prior to'');">¹⁶</span>

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