Commentary for Eruvin 77:3

אי צורבא מרבנן הוא אמרי' שמעתא משכתיה ואי עם הארץ הוא אמרי' חמרא אירכס ליה

the motive is obvious<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No one would ordinarily walk on a holy day to the end of his field or to the gate of a province unless he intended, in the former case, to carry' out some work in the field or, in the latter case, to enter a bath house as soon as the day ended.');">⁶</span> while here it is not at all obvious. For if the person is a scholar people would assume that he might have been absorbed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it drew him'.');">⁷</span>

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