Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 72:8

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> כל מצוה שהיא תלויה בארץ אינה נוהגת אלא בארץ ושאינה תלויה בארץ נוהגת בין בארץ בין בחוצה לארץ

How so? The priest inserts his hand under the owner's and waves. We have found [this in the case of] sotah; how do we know [it of] a nezirah? - The meaning of 'palm' [kaf] is derived from sotah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sotah, Num. V, 18: and he (the priest) shall put the offering of memorial in her palms (E.V. hands) ; nazir, (and the same applies to a nezirah) , ib. VI, 19: and he (the priest) shall put them upon the palms (E.V. hands) of the Nazirite. The employment of 'palm' in both cases teaches that their provisions are identical.');"><sup>14</sup></span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>EVERY PRECEPT WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON THE LAND IS PRACTISED ONLY IN THE LAND [PALESTINE]; AND THAT WHICH IS NOT DEPENDENT ON THE LAND IS PRACTISED BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE LAND [IN THE DIASPORA],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Gemara explains the meaning of 'DEPENDENT' and 'NOT DEPENDENT'.');"><sup>15</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

In general, all commandments which are connected to the land are practiced only in the land of Israel. There are some commandments such as tefillin concerning which the Torah uses language such as “When God brings you into the land…” (Exodus 13:5). One might have thought that these commandments would be obligatory only for a Jew living in the land of Israel. The mishnah, however, says that the distinction between commandments observed in and outside of Israel is not the language used in the Torah but rather whether or not the observance of the commandment itself is tied to land.
The only exceptions to this rule are “orlah” and “kilayim.” “Orlah” is the prohibition of using the fruit of a tree for its first three years. “Kilayim” refers to the prohibition of planting wheat in a vineyard.
Rabbi Elazar adds to the list of exceptions the prohibition of new produce. This refers to the prohibition from eating from the new grain harvest until the omer sacrifice is brought on the sixteenth of Nisan (see Leviticus 23:14).
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