Chasidut for Eruvin 5:17
מאי שנא במבוי דכשר דאמרי' קלוש סוכה נמי לימא קלוש
[constitute a proper entrance would] with even more reason [admit that] pigeon holes [constitute a proper entrance].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the latter are more likely to be noticed by the public.');"><sup>37</sup></span> He, however, who said that pigeon holes [constitute a proper entrance recognizes only these] but not cedar poles.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which are not so striking and may, in consequence, remain unnoticed.');"><sup>38</sup></span> As to him, however, who recognized<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'said', sc. regarded them as constituting a proper gateway even when higher than twenty cubits.');"><sup>39</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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