Un cerrojo de la puerta "que se arrastra" [uno que está atado a la puerta pero que no cuelga de ella, la cuerda que está atada es larga, de modo que el cerrojo de la puerta se arrastre al suelo. Estamos hablando de un cerrojo de puerta sin un dispositivo de fijación en el extremo, porque si tiene tal artilugio, R. Yossi (arriba) lo permite, incluso si no está atado (a la puerta), y la halajá está de acuerdo con él]—puede usarse para cerrar (puertas) en el Templo, [porque (la prohibición) es solo de shvuth. Él no "construye" per se, ya que está atado. Pero debido a que se arrastra (y no cuelga de la puerta), parece que se está construyendo, y no hay shvuth en el Templo.] Y uno que yace (en el suelo), [no estar atado en absoluto], está prohibido en ambos lugares, [estar "construyendo" per se.] R. Yehudah dice: Uno que yace (en el suelo) está permitido en el Templo, [R. Yehudah sostiene que no está "construyendo" per se, sino que solo da la apariencia de construir, y en el Templo no decretaron por razón de shvuth], y arrastrar uno [está permitido incluso] fuera del Templo, [ya que está atado, aunque no cuelga (de la puerta). La halajá está de acuerdo con R. Yehudah.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
נגר הנגרר – a bolt that is attached to the door, but it is not suspended from it, as the rope that is tied to it is long and the bolt drags on the ground, and we are dealing with a bolt that lacks at its head a knob/club. But if it has a club/knob, Rabbi Yosi permits it even though it is not attached, and the Halakha is according to him.
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Introduction
This mishnah continues to deal with bolts, this time referring to a bolt that does not have a knob on it.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
נועלים בו במקדש – for this is merely something forbidden by the Rabbis as being out of harmony with the celebration of the Sabbath (and Yom Tov), and it is not actually “building” for since it is fastened, but rather because it drags, it appears like building, but there is no Sh’vut in the Temple.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
A bolt that drags along the ground: it is permitted to lock [a door] with it in the Temple but not in the country; The bolts were usually attached to the door with a rope and put into their place when one wanted to lock the door. The first section deals with a bolt attached to the door by a rope, but a rope long enough to let one end of the bolt drag on the ground. The first opinion holds that use of this bolt is prohibited, but its prohibition is only “derabannan” of rabbinic origin. Rabbinic prohibitions do not generally apply within the Temple and hence this type of bolt may be used to lock a door in the Temple. However, it is forbidden in the rest of the country, because it looks as if he is building. Since it is attached to the door already, it is not actually building and hence the prohibition is only of rabbinic origin. If it were attached to the door and not dragging it would have been completely permitted but since it is dragging one who looks at it may not notice that it is actually attached to the door and therefore it is prohibited.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Eruvin
והמונח – it is not attached at all, it is really “building.” And Rabbi Yehuda holds that it is not really “building,” but rather looks like “building.” But in the Temple, they (i.e., the Rabbis) did not decree because of Sh’vut. But even one who drags in the country (i.e., outside of Jerusalem/the Temple), is permitted, since it is attached, and even though it is not suspended. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Eruvin
But one that rests on the ground is forbidden both here and there. In this case the bolt is totally detached from the door and it is resting on the ground. Since it is not attached to the door at all, he is considered to be building and the prohibition is deoraita, or toraitic origin. Toraitic prohibitions are still prohibited even in the Temple.
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Rabbi Judah says: one that rests on the ground is permitted in the Temple but one that drags on the ground is permitted [even] in the country. Rabbi Judah is more lenient than the first opinion. He holds that a bolt that rests in the ground is also only prohibited derabanan (from the rabbis) and hence it is only prohibited outside of the Temple. The bolt that drags on the ground and is attached to the door is not prohibited at all since everyone can see that this is not actually building.
