Musar for Eruvin 109:8
היה בית אחד יוצא כמין פגום או שני בתים יוצאין כמין שני פגומין השתא בית אחד אמרת שני בתים מיבעיא
The Master said: '[If a town is] long the Sabbath limits are measured from its normal boundaries'. But is this not obvious? - The ruling is required in a case where it was long but narrow. Since it might have been presumed that the width should be regarded as equal to its length.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., as if the a town were square-shaped and its shorter sides were equal to its longer ones.');"><sup>25</sup></span> we were informed [that the law was not so].'
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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