Commentary for Kiddushin 73:7
חוץ מן הערלה והכלאים איבעיא להו ר"א לקולא פליג או לחומרא פליג
and the judgments - to civil law; which ye shall observe - to [the study of the] Mishnah; to do - to actual practice; in the land: I might think that all precepts are binding in the Land only - therefore it is stated, all the days that ye live upon the earth. If 'all the days', I might think that [ precepts] must be practised both within and without the Land - therefore it is taught: 'in the land'.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The first possibility is that R. Elazar is stricter than the first opinion. The first opinion says that the prohibition of eating new grain is prohibited only in Israel. The word “settlements” implies that Israel has taken possession and settled the land. Thus the prohibition is only applicable in a place that Israel takes possession of and settles—the Land of Israel. It is unlike orlah and kilayim which are obligatory everywhere.
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