Commentary for Shabbat 251:4

ואמר רבי יהושע בר אבא משמיה דעולא מאן תנא נגר הנגרר ר"א היא

For we learnt: With a dragging bolt, one may lock [the door] in the Temple, but not in the country;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Country' is employed technically to denote all places except the Temple. — Since it is fastened to the door, it is as though built thereto, and therefore the prohibition of handling it is only a Rabbinical one, which was imposed in the country but not in the Temple. ');">⁴</span>

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