Chasidut for Eruvin 5:25
אמר רבא מפרזקיא סוכה דליחיד היא רמי אנפשיה ומדכר מבוי דלרבי' היא סמכי אהדדי ולא מדכרי דאמרי אינשי קדרא דבי שותפי לא חמימא ולא קרירא
[may it not then], here also [be said], that whatever the assumption<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'against your will'.');"><sup>56</sup></span> the extent of the shade is actually more than that of the sunshine?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why then, it may again be asked, did Rabbah rule that a Sukkah in such a condition is invalid?');"><sup>57</sup></span> - Raba of Parazika<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Farausag, a district near Bagdad (Obermeyer, p. 269) , or Porsica, a town in Mesopotamia (v. Golds.) .');"><sup>58</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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