Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Eruvin 43:24

דתניא יתר על כן א"ר יהודה מי שהיו לו שני בתים משני צידי רשות הרבים עושה לו לחי מכאן ולחי מכאן או קורה מכאן וקורה מכאן ונושא ונותן באמצע אמרו לו אין מערבין רשות הרבים בכך

R'Judah spoke of the cistern exclusive of the [area between it and] the strips. If so, [is not h ruling] exactly the same as that of R'Simeon B'Eleazar? - The practical difference between them is [an enclosure that is] long and narrow.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Judah this is permitted while according to R. Simeon b. Eleazar the area must be square shaped.');"><sup>30</sup></span>

Kedushat Levi

Another way of understanding the line: ‎ואתם הדבקים בה'‏‎ puts ‎the emphasis on Moses’ choice of the word: ‎היום‎, “this day.” The ‎Talmud in Eyruvin 22 states that as a rule, when there does ‎not seem to be any other reason for inserting this word, the ‎meaning is “that whereas you perform the commandment today, ‎your reward will be delayed until tomorrow,” i.e. some time in the ‎future. While it is a fact that the “principal” reward will be paid in ‎the hereafter, when a person performs a commandment such as ‎studying the Torah, for instance, he receives an additional and ‎almost tangible dimension of life as an immediate consequence of ‎having performed the commandment, plus an additional ‎dimension of wisdom. We know this from Job 28,28: ‎‏ הן יראת ה' היא ‏חכמה‎, “behold reverence for G’d results immediately in wisdom.” ‎This additional wisdom in turn provides an additional dimension ‎of life to those who are endowed with it. This is the meaning of ‎Moses’ telling the people that whereas their mitzvah ‎performance due to their having cleaved to Him has secured for ‎them a reward in the future, they could rest assured that there is ‎also an immediate benefit for mitzvah performance, i.e. ‎the additional dimension of one’s vitality; this latter aspect is ‎described as ‎היום אתם חיים‎, “a vitality that you experience already ‎this very day.” The word ‎אלוקיכם‎, “your G’d,” is an allusion to the ‎fact that all initiatives are indirectly traceable to the existence of ‎the Jewish people.‎
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