Musar for Pesachim 7:11
בעו מיניה מרב נחמן בר יצחק המשכיר בית לחברו בארבעה עשר חזקתו בדוק או אין חזקתו בדוק למאי נ"מ לישייליה דליתיה להאי דלשיוליה לאטרוחי להאי מאי
Abaye observed: Therefore a scholar must not commence his regular session in the evening of the thirteenth breaking into the fourteenth, lest his studies absorb him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'draw him away'.');"><sup>16</sup></span> and he come to neglect his religious duty.
Mesilat Yesharim
The matter of "Zeal" is clear. It is the early engaging in mitzvot and their completion as the sages of blessed memory said: "the zealous are early to perform the mitzvot" (Pesachim 4a).
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Mesilat Yesharim
And they said: "zealous people do Mitzvot as early as possible" (Pesachim 4a). Likewise, they said: "a person should always run to perform a mitzva, even on the Sabbath".
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Orchot Tzadikim
Zeal for the Torah and the commandments is a great quality, and so is zeal that aims to make a better world. And it is a quality of the righteous in the service of the Creator, may He be Blessed. Our Sages, of blessed memory, said : "The zealous are early to perform their religious duties" (Pesahim 4a).
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