Halakhah for Chullin 272:22
לא אמר כלום
obtains only in the Land [of Israel]; that of R'Judah B'Bathyra with regard to the words of the Torah for it has been taught: R'Judah B'Bathyra says: The words of the Torah do not contract uncleanness;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore a man that has suffered a seminal emission may occupy himself with the study of the Torah; cf. Ber. 220.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
And this commandment is practiced by males and females, Israelites and Levites, whether in front of the [Temple] or not in front of the [Temple]. But [it is practiced] only in the Land of Israel, and not outside of the Land; and like Rav Nachman bar Yitschak said in Chullin 136b in the chapter [entitled] Reishit HaGez, "The world acts like the three elders: Like Rabbi Eelayai in the first shearing, etc." - meaning to say that he exempted outside the Land, as it is found there. And one who transgresses it and did not give his first shearing to the priest - when he has shearing that is fit, according to the matter that we wrote - has nullified this positive commandment.
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