Talmud zu Wajikra 14:35

“If he planted for the public benefit, it is obligated; Rebbi Jehudah exempts”. The rabbis seem inconsistent. There⁶²Mishnah Nega‘im 12:4; cf. Babli Yoma 12a., they say: “Jerusalem and outside the Land cannot become impure by skin disease,” but here, they say so⁶³As explained in the next Note, Jerusalem is public property and any tree planted there should be exempt as planted for public use.! There (Lev. 14:35) “the owner of the house comes”⁶⁴The actual verse referred to is Lev. 14:34: “I shall put skin disease on a house on the Land of your inheritance.” This excludes all houses in territory not distributed to the tribes; Jerusalem was conquered by David as capital not belonging to any particular tribe. Sifra Meẓora‘ Parašah 5 proves from the verse that (a) the rules did not apply before the distribution of the Land, (b) a house built on poles, not being a “house on the Land” is also not subject to the rules, (c) houses in Jerusalem (and certainly outside the Land) are excluded., excluding Jerusalem which was not distributed among the tribes. But here, (Lev. 19:21) “when you plant,” in any way.