Musar for Sanhedrin 3:6
סמיכת זקנים ועריפת עגלה בשלשה דברי ר' שמעון ר' יהודה אומר בחמשה החליצה והמיאונין בשלשה
BY THREE;IN THE NAME OF R. ISHMAEL IT IS SAID, BY TWENTY-THREE. THE INTERCALATION OF THE MONTH IS EFFECTED BY A COURT OF THREE;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 42. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
And also because of this [(neglect of Torah study)] conflagrations are found in the world, as Chazal say (Shevuoth 39a): "All houses in which words of Torah are not heard at night are consumed by fire" — and it is known that all of Israel are 'guarantors, one for the other.'"
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