Reference for Eruvin 204:17
אי רבי אליעזר אפילו לכתחילה נמי
THIS IS FORBIDDEN EVERYWHERE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'here and here', in the Temple as well as in the country; since such work could have been performed on the Sabbath eve.');"><sup>53</sup></span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Is not our Mishnah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which permits a broken string to BE TIED UP IN THE TEMPLE.');"><sup>54</sup></span> in disagreement with the following: If the string of a harp was broken<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Temple on the Sabbath.');"><sup>55</sup></span> one would not tie it up but secure it with a loop?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A tie, however, was forbidden (cf. Shah. 113a) .');"><sup>56</sup></span>