Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Chasidut for Eruvin 5:24

אי קלשת הוי לה קורה הניטלת ברוח הכא נמי אי קלשת הויא לה חמתה מרובה מצילתה אלא על כרחך נעשית צילתה מרובה מחמתה הכא נמי ע"כ נעשו כשפודין של מתכת

if you [regard it as] planed, would not the beam be like one that can be carried away by the wind?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In consequence of which it could not be regarded as a proper beam conforming to the prescribed thickness and strength, V. Supra p. 7, n. 16.');"><sup>53</sup></span> Consequently you must [assume that beams in the conditions mentioned]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In view of their general thickness and strength.');"><sup>54</sup></span> are regarded as metal spits;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A thin one of which can carry as heavy a weight as a thicker one of wood.');"><sup>55</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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