Commentary for Kiddushin 77:5

ולא והאנן תנן רבי אליעזר אומר אף החדש תני חדש

and whoever maintains that there is no 'orlah in the Diaspora, he will have no offspring nor posterity 'that shall cast the line by lot in the congregation of the Lord'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Micah II, 5.');">⁹</span> But with whom do they [the 'keen scholars'] hold? - With what was taught: R'Eleazar son of R'Jose said on the authority of R'Jose B'Durmaskah, who stated it on the authority of R'Jose the Galilean, who said it on the authority of R'Johanan B'Nuri, who said it on the authority of R'Eleazar the Great: There is no 'orlah in the Diaspora. Is there not?

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