Siman - Eruvin Daf 103
- Cutting off warts from an animal
The Gemara notes a contradiction between the next Mishnah which states, חותכין יבלת במקדש אבל לא במדינה – One may sever a wart from an animal with one’s hand in the Beis Hamikdash but not in the provinces, and the Tanna Kamma of a Mishnah in Pesachim regarding a korban Pesach on erev Pesach that falls on Shabbos that says, הרכיבתו והבאתו מחוץ לתחום וחתיכת יבלתו אין דוחין – carrying it to the Beis Hamikdash via a reshus harabim, bringing it from outside the techum, and cutting off its wart, do not override Shabbos.
Rebbe Elazar and Rebbe Yose b’Rebbe Chanina presented two different answers. One said that both Mishnayos are referring to a moist wart, but in our Mishnah it was removed by hand, which is permitted in the Beis Hamikdash since it is an unusual method and therefore only a d’Rabbanon, whereas in the Mishnah in Pesachim it was removed by a kli which is assur mid’Oraysa. The other one answered that both Mishnayos were referring to a case where the wart was removed by hand, but in the Mishnah from Pesachim the wart was moist and, in the Mishnah here the wart was dry. A dry wart is no longer a part of a living animal and even removal with a kli is not assur mid’Oraysa. Our Mishnah forbids doing so because it bears a strong relationship to a melachah and therefore was treated more stringently than other d’Rabbanon’s in the Beis Hamikdash.
- שבות במקדש התירו שבות דמקדש במדינה לא התירו
Rav Yosef suggested that the two Mishnayos refer to the removal of a moist wart by hand, which is a d’Rabbanon, ושבות מקדש במקדש התירו – and Rabbinic prohibitions that stand in the way of Beis Hamikdash procedures, were permitted only inside the Beis Hamikdash, but שבות דמקדש במדינה לא התירו – rabbinic prohibitions that stand in the way of Beis Hamikdash procedures, were not permitted in the provinces. Therefore, the removal of the wart of the korban Pesach that was examined outside the Beis Hamikdash was not permitted.
Rav Safra rejected this answer because in a Mishnah in Pesachim in which we allow putting a korban Pesach in the oven erev Shabbos in violation of the issur d’Rabbanon of שהייה, even though it is a שבות מקדש במדינה – an issur d’Rabbanon that is for the purpose of a korban that is performed outside the Beis Hamikdash.
- Wrapping reed-grass on a wounded finger
The next Mishnah states, כהן שלקה באצבעו – A Kohen who was wounded in his finger, כורך עליה גמי במקדש אבל לא במדינה – may wrap reed-grass over it in the Beis Hamikdash but not in the provinces. Rashi explains that placing the reed-grass on the wound has a healing effect and is therefore included in the d’Rabbanon prohibition of medical procedures.
Rav Yehudah brei d’Rebbe Chiya explained the Mishnah that only reed-grass is mutar, but using a צלצול קטן – a small belt, is forbidden because it constitutes, יתור בגדים – an addition to the bigdei kehunah. Rebbe Yochanan said that additional bigadim only invalidate the avodah when they are במקום בגדים - in the place of bigadim, but since this is worn on the finger it does not constitute an addition.
