We would not have to check for chametz or burn our chametz. So it seems that the rabbis really did make it harder to be a ben Torah. But if the rabbis made it harder to keep the Torah, they did it with good reason. Imagine a group of people on top of a mountain, and that there is a sheer drop down the mountain of a thousand feet. It s dark and foggy and it s very easy to lose your bearings and fall off the mountain.
Somebody comes and builds a high fence around the periphery of the mountain.
The relatively small area on top of the mountain is now even smaller the fence had to be built at least a few feet from the edge but, of course, there is no longer any danger of falling off the mountain. After all, everyone was afraid of falling off the mountain, and there were people who did fall off the mountain. But now it s safe. Even a person who loses his way will be kept out of danger by the fence. The rabbis realized how serious it is to violate the prohibitions in the Torah.