Chasidut for Eruvin 5:22
רב אדא בר מתנה מתני להא שמעתא דרבה איפכא אמר רבה במבוי פסול בסוכה כשירה
Why is this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A cross-beam of which only a portion is below the height of twenty cubits. auke ake');"><sup>49</sup></span> admissible in the case of an entrance? Obviously because we say, [Regard the beam as] planed;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And only that portion remained that lay within the twenty cubits. , particip. pass. of 'to weaken', 'to thin out'.');"><sup>50</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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