Commentary for Kiddushin 73:3
אמר רב יהודה ה"ק כל מצוה שהיא חובת הגוף נוהגת בין בארץ בין בח"ל חובת קרקע אינה נוהגת אלא בארץ
<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>What is the meaning of 'DEPENDENT' and 'NOT DEPENDENT'? Shall we say: 'DEPENDENT' refers to those [precepts] where 'coming' is written, and 'NOT DEPENDENT' to those where 'coming' is not stated?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., 'dependent' means that Scripture made the performance of the particular precept conditional upon entering Palestine; e.g., Lev. XIX, 23: And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted etc.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Torah occasionally says “when you come into the Land you shall do something.” We might have thought that mitzvoth that are dependent on the Land means mitzvoth about which the Torah uses such a phrase. The problem is that the Torah uses this phrase in relation to two mitzvoth that appear together—tefillin and the redemption of the first born donkey (Exodus 13:11-16), two mitzvoth that are obligatory outside the Land.
Therefore, R. Judah interprets the phrase to mean literally you need land to perform the mitzvah. Thus for instance the rules of tithing need land—they refer to produce that grow on the land. Therefore, they are obligatory only in the land. Other mitzvoth such as tefillin that are not connected to the land are obligatory everywhere.
Therefore, R. Judah interprets the phrase to mean literally you need land to perform the mitzvah. Thus for instance the rules of tithing need land—they refer to produce that grow on the land. Therefore, they are obligatory only in the land. Other mitzvoth such as tefillin that are not connected to the land are obligatory everywhere.
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