Related על מגילה 55:2

[With respect to] synagogues, one may not behave frivolously (lit. "light-headed") in them. One may not bring an animal inside them in summer due to the heat, in winter due to the cold, or in the rainy season due to the rains, nor may one eat in them, nor drink in them, nor sleep in them, nor wander around in them, nor adorn oneself in them. Rather, one may read [the Torah], or study the oral law, or give sermons in them. Public eulogies may be eulogized in them. Said Rabbi Yehuda, in what case does this apply? When they are occupied [by congregants]. But when they are in a state of ruin, we leave them alone and let grass grow up in them, due to the anguish of the soul [that they cause to those who see them in disrepair].

Samuel said, if he entered without intending to use it as a short-cut he may use it as short-cut⁸⁴If somebody enters for a legitimate reason, if then he leaves he may use the exit closest to his destination even if his total path then shows that he shortened his route by passing through the house of study. Babli 29a.. It was stated⁸⁵Tosephta 2:18, Babli 28a.: “One may not behave unbecomingly in synagogues and houses of study. One neither eats nor drinks in them, nor takes walks in them, nor sleeps in them, nor enters into them because of the sun in summer or because of the rain in winter, but one studies and preaches in them.” Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said, synagogues and houses of study are for the sages and their students⁸⁶He disagrees with the Tosephta and permits Sages and students to use synagogues and houses of study as dormitories. Babli 28b.. Rebbi Ḥiyya, Rebbi Yasa were received in the synagogue.⁸⁷They are reported to have taught at many different places. When they were traveling they stayed at synagogues. Rebbi Immi commanded to the teachers, if a person comes to you who is dirtied by study⁸⁸If it is clear that he studied, even if not at the level of any degree., accept him and his donkey and his implements. Rebbi Berekhiah went to the synagogue of Bet-Shean. He saw a man washing his hands and feet from its pail. He told him, it is forbidden to you. On the next day this man saw him washing his hands and feet from its pail. He said to him, Rabbi, to you it is permitted and to me it is forbidden? He answered him, yes. He asked, why? He said to him, so says Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: synagogues and houses of study are for the sages and their students. These fore-courts, may one pass through them⁸⁹Even though one may not take a short-cut through a synagogue or a house of study, what is the rule about the surrounding real estate?? Rebbi Abbahu passed through its fore-court. Is it permitted⁹⁰Does the act of R. Abbahu show that fore-courts may be used as short-cuts?? Rebbi Zachariah the son-in-law of Rebbi Levi said, the teacher was intimidating and if Rebbi Abbahu had not passed through he would not have let go the children⁹¹In this version, the fore-courts have the same status as the houses of study themselves and may be used as short-cuts only if one enters for a legitimate reason..