Related%20passage for Eruvin 10:13

מַחֲזִירִין רְטִיָּה בַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֲבָל לֹא בַמְּדִינָה. אִם בַּתְּחִלָּה, כָּאן וְכָאן אָסוּר. קוֹשְׁרִין נִימָא בַמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֲבָל לֹא בַמְּדִינָה. אִם בַּתְּחִלָּה, כָּאן וְכָאן אָסוּר. חוֹתְכִין יַבֶּלֶת בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, אֲבָל לֹא בַמְּדִינָה. וְאִם בִּכְלִי, כָּאן וְכָאן אָסוּר:

A retiyah (a poulticed bandage) is replaced in the Temple [If a Cohein had to minister on Shabbath, and he removed the retiyah covering a wound on his hand, so that it not intervene between his flesh and the (objects of his) ministration, he may return it to its place after the service. For if he were not permitted to do this, he would not minister], but not outside the Temple, [a decree lest he smear the poultice and be liable by reason of "scraping."] And, ab initio, [i.e., If it had not been tied on before, and the Cohein had not removed it for purposes of the service], it is forbidden in both places. [And we do not say in this instance that there is no shvuth in the Temple, for it does not serve a Higher need, but a personal need. And the rabbinical interdict against replacing the retiyah obtains only if it had been spread out on the ground. But if he took it in his hand, so long as it is in his hand, or even if he placed it atop a vessel and did not spread it out on the ground, he is permitted to replace it everywhere.] A string [of a lute for Levitical song, which broke on Shabbath] may be tied in the Temple, but not outside it. [He holds that mitzvah "enablers," which could not have been provided the day before (it having broken on Shabbath) override the Sabbath. This, only if it broke in the middle, in which instance only a temporary knot is made; but close to the bases, where the knot is permanent, it is forbidden.] And ab initio, [where it had never been there, when it could have been provided the day before], it is forbidden in both places. A wart may be cut in the Temple, but not outside it. And if with an instrument, it is forbidden in both places. [A wart is a blemish in kodshim (consecrations), viz. (Leviticus 22:22): "…or a wart, etc.", and it may be cut in the Temple by hand, this entailing only shvuth, it not being the normal manner (of removing it). But not with an instrument, this being a clear (forbidden) labor, it being the normal manner (of removal). And cutting a wart from an animal is a toldah (derivative labor) of shearing wool.]

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