Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Eruvin 5:11

צריכא דאי אשמעינן גבי סוכה בהא קאמר ר' יהודה כיון דלישיבה עבידא שלטא ביה עינא אבל מבוי דלהילוך עביד אימא מודה להו לרבנן ואי אשמעינן בהא בהא קאמרי רבנן אבל בהך אימא מודו ליה לר' יהודה צריכא

twenty cubits, one knows that one is living in a booth but if it is higher than twenty cubits one would not know it, since [the roof] does not catch the eye',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the eye does not rule over it'. Suk. 2a'');"><sup>24</sup></span> from which it is clear that in respect of sukkah also they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Rabbis and R. Judah, who declare such a booth valid. hk uvk');"><sup>25</sup></span> differ on the question of distinction, why [it may be asked] should they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For (sing.) read with Bah (plur.) .');"><sup>26</sup></span>

Chovat HaTalmidim

We also stand to gain that even the lads that are not distancing themselves from us so much and are not turning into enemies - but rather only disregarding their divine service from laziness and neglect - will also be stimulated to redouble their service. As the Gemara says (Eruvin 3a), "A stew belonging to two people will be neither hot nor cold" - it is a law of the human psyche that when one has on whom to rely, he will be neglectful and depend on the other. And so too a lad - even if he does not resist - will be neglectful by thinking that his father or teacher will do everything for him. But when he understands that the obligation is upon him and that only he himself is the guide and educator, he will make efforts and not be neglectful.
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