Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Eruvin 109:12

אמר רבה בר עולא לא קשיא כאן ברוח אחת כאן משתי רוחות

Did not R'Huna in fact rule: If a breach was made in a town wall,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. a breach that completely severed the town in two distinct sections, no houses intervening.');"><sup>31</sup></span> [the houses on both sides of the breach are regarded as belonging to the same town if the distance between them is] no more than a hundred and forty-one and a third cubits?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A distance representing the length of two karpafs of seventy and two thirds cubits each (which each town is allowed in addition to the Sabbath limit of two thousand cubits) . But if the distance was greater, the two sections are regarded as two different towns. How then could it be said that R. Huna permitted any distance within four thousand cubits?');"><sup>32</sup></span> - Rabbah B''Ulla replied: This is no difficulty, since the former<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A bow shaped town.');"><sup>33</sup></span> deals with a case where the gap was only on one side<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 385, n. 9.');"><sup>34</sup></span>

Mesilat Yesharim

It is what takes a person away from the service of G-d, for so many prayers are lost and so many mitzvot are neglected due to excessive preoccupation and much laboring after profit. How much more so regarding Torah study as our sages said (Eruvin 55a): "'it is not over the sea' (Devarim 30:13) - with those who travel over the seas for business".
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Orchot Tzadikim

It is written in the Torah, "It is not in heaven" (Deut. 30:12) and the meaning of this is : it is not to be found among those that are arrogant and consider themselves as high as heaven. "Neither is it beyond the sea" (Deut. 30:13), which means that it is not to be found among those who are constantly travelling on sea voyages (Erubin 55a). Therefore, our Sages, of blessed memory, said, "Nor can one who is engaged overmuch in business grow wise" (Aboth 2:6). And they said, "Engage less in business, but occupy yourself with the Torah" (Aboth 4:12).
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