Musar for Pesachim 16:12
ובמה אמרו ב' שורות וכו': מרתף מאן דכר שמיה
that the pilgrimage would not be for its own sake. Similarly R'Dosethai son of R'Jannai said: Why are the thermal springs of Tiberias not [found] in Jerusalem? So that the Festival pilgrims should not say.'
Mesilat Yesharim
The general principle to distinguish between the two types of fear is as our sages specified saying: "where harm is likely it is different" (Pesachim 8b).
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Orchot Tzadikim
If a rabbi and Pious Man is far from his city he should not hold himself back from going there to study because of his fear of the roads, as does the lazy man who excuses himself by saying "There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets" (Prov. 22:13). But a man should keep in mind that many people travel and are not injured. So he too should not restrain himself from the journey out of fear, for those who are sent to fulfill a command of the Torah are not injured (Pesahim 8b).
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