Related%20passage for Eruvin 203:8

בעי רבי זירא נקמז מהו אמר רב יוסף מאי תיבעי ליה לא שמיע ליה הא דתניא נשמט אסור נקמז מותר ורבי יהודה אמר נקמז אף על פי שאינו נשמט אסור

in the case of a bolt that drags along the ground.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not in the case of one that is completely detached from the door which R. Judah permitted to use in the Temple. The insertion of a detached bolt in the sockets is regarded as actual building which, however small in extent, is Pentateuchally forbidden.');">²⁴</span> Raba observed: This applies only where it is fastened<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By a cord.');">²⁵</span> to the door.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the connection between the door and the bolt is evident; but not where it was only tied to a door-post.');">²⁶</span> But could this be right, seeing that R'Tabla, when he visited Mahuza, saw a bolt that was suspended from the side of a doorway and yet made no remark whatsoever on the matter? - That was one that could be lifted up by the cord to which it was tied.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'by its binding', sc. the cord was a strong one and the connection between the bolt and the door was unmistakable. The question of building did not, therefore, arise.');">²⁷</span>

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