Musar for Pesachim 16:3
מאי סכנה אי נימא סכנת כשפים כי אישתמיש היכי אישתמיש התם כי אישתמיש יממא ונהורא ולא מסיק אדעתיה הכא ליליא ושרגא הוא ומסיק אדעתיה
Shall we say, the danger of witchcraft,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the Gentile may suspect him of witchcraft when he sees him rummaging in the hole.');"><sup>2</sup></span> - then when he used it, how did he use it? - There when he used it it was day and there was light, therefore [the Gentile] would not suspect anything;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'bring it up on his mind'.');"><sup>3</sup></span> but here it is night and a lamp [is used]; hence he will suspect.
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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