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When a person is involved in Torah study, he need not be cautioned to avoid unholy preoccupations, his Torah protects him – he is in the “Holy Land”. But when it comes to a Jew’s mundane affairs, he must know that Torah draws a line of distinction:

When a person is involved in Torah study, he need not be cautioned to avoid unholy preoccupations. But when it comes to a Jew’s mundane affairs, on the surface they are activities that non-Jews engage in as well. Here, the Jew must know that Torah draws a line of distinction – and this is a total, absolute divide.