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נושא · Topicאֵין שְׁבוּת בַּמִּקְדָּשׁRabbinic leniencies in the Mikdash
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מַחֲזִירִין רְטִיָּה בַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
אֲבָל לֹא בַמְּדִינָה.
אִם בַּתְּחִלָּה, כָּאן וְכָאן אָסוּר.
קוֹשְׁרִין נִימָא בַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
אֲבָל לֹא בַמְּדִינָה.
אִם בַּתְּחִלָּה, כָּאן וְכָאן אָסוּר.
חוֹתְכִין יַבֶּלֶת בַמִּקְדָּשׁ,
אֲבָל לֹא בַמְּדִינָה.
וְאִם בִּכְלִי, כָּאן וְכָאן אָסוּר.
One may put back a bandage in the Mikdash,
but not in the medinah.
If applying it for the first time, in both places — forbidden.
One may tie a harp-string in the Mikdash,
but not in the medinah.
If for the first time, in both places — forbidden.
One may cut off a wart in the Mikdash,
but not in the medinah.
And if with a tool, in both places — forbidden.
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Rabbinic leniencies in the Mikdash▾
CaseRulingReason
May one put back a bandage? (רְטִיָּה)Mikdash: permitted · medinah: forbidden — but applying it the first time, forbidden in both—
May one tie a harp-string? (נִימָא)Mikdash: permitted · medinah: forbidden — but tying it the first time, forbidden in both—
May one cut off a wart? (יַבֶּלֶת)Mikdash: permitted · medinah: forbidden — but with a tool, forbidden in both—
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Mishnah Insights
Restore, don't begin: the Mikdash's narrow leniency▾

Why the bandage may go back

The heter is narrower than ‘no shvus in the Mikdash.’ Tosafos Yom Tov (from Beitzah 11b) explains it as permitting the end for the sake of the beginning: a kohein had removed his dressing so it would not be a chatzitzah for the avodah, and the Sages let him put it back afterward — lest he refuse to remove it at all and be kept from serving. The same logic runs through the mishnah’s cases: one may restore what was in place (put a dressing back, retie a snapped string, pare a wart by hand), never begin it anew.

עוֹלָמוֹ שֶׁל הַמִּשְׁנָה
The harp-string on the duchan

One case comes straight from the Temple’s music: Bartenura notes that a string of a Levi’s harp that snapped mid-service could be tied back on Shabbos, so the shir would not fall silent — but a wholly new string could not be strung.

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Binding a wound where the avodah can't wait

Where this sits

The Ein Shvus run keeps sharpening its own edge: the Mikdash sets aside the rabbinic fences of Shabbos, but only so far as the avodah truly needs. Restore the bandage, retie the string, pare the wart by hand — never begin something new. The series is watching the Beis HaMikdash bend Shabbos exactly as much as the service requires, and not a finger more.

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