Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Eruvin 109:7

מרובעת אין עושין לה זויות פשיטא לא צריכא דמרבעא ולא מרבעא בריבוע עולם מהו דתימא לירבעא בריבוע עולם קא משמע לן

like two turrets, they are to be treated as if a thread had been drawn beside them in a straight line, and the two thousand cubits are measured from that line outwards.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the projecting house, for instance, was in a corner on the northern side of the town, an imaginary line, parallel to the town in wall, is drawn across the northern side of the house towards the western side of the town, and this line is deemed to represent the boundary of the town for the purpose of measuring the Sabbath limits. The respective positions of the 'two houses projected' is discussed presently.');"><sup>21</sup></span> If the town was shaped like a bow<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No houses having been built on the side corresponding to the bow-string.');"><sup>22</sup></span> or like a gamma,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gr. **. Cf. prev. n. mut. mut.');"><sup>23</sup></span> it is to be regarded as if it had been full of houses and courtyards, and the two thousand cubits are measured from the imaginary boundaries outwards.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. 'Er. IV. Every townsman man, irrespective of the position of his house, is entitled to walk two thousand cubits distance from the imaginary, as well as from the actual boundaries.');"><sup>24</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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