Commentary for Berakhot 71:24
הא לא קשיא ב"ש ספוקי מספקא להו ועבדי הכא לחומרא והכא לחומרא מ"מ לב"ש הוה ליה ספק ערלה ותנן ספק ערלה בא"י אסור ובסוריא מותר ובח"ל יורד
There is no contradiction; for Bet Shammai, being in doubt, take the stricter view in both cases. Nevertheless Bet Shammai have a doubt whether it is subject to 'Orlah; and we have a Mishnaic teaching: Where there is a doubt [whether a thing is subject to] 'Orlah — in the Land of Israel it is prohibited [to be used], in Syria it is permitted, and outside the Land one may go down and buy it,
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
As to the category of the caper-bush.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
And declare it Kila'im in a vineyard and subject to 'Orlah.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Here Rabina's question to Mar. b. Rab Ashe is resumed.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Because Lev. xix. 23 applies the law only to "the land."
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