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R' Yoshiya of his generation, i.e., not the tanna of the same name: Do not sit on your knees until you have explained to me the source for that latter clause in the Mishnah: From where is it derived that the omer offering permits the consumption of the new crop upon its taking root in the ground?
R' Yoshiya responded: From where do we derive, you ask? The source is that it is written: “And if you bring a meal offering of first fruits to YHWH, you shall bring for the meal offering of your first fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, even groats of the fresh ear” (Leviticus 2:14). Can one
The Talmud rejects this claim. Perhaps one can infer from here only that there is less-developed grain that is not “grain in the ear” but is at a further stage than simply taking root. Rather, it actually grew 1/3rd of its full growth. If so, merely taking root is not enough for the omer offering to
Rather, Shmuel said that this halakha is derived from a verse discussing the counting of the omer: “7 weeks you shall number for you; from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain you shall begin to number 7 weeks” (Deuteronomy 16:9). Can one not learn from here by inference that there
R' Yitzḥak said: One can derive that grain that has taken root is permitted by the omer offering from the term: “The standing grain” (Deuteronomy 16:9). Can one not learn from here by inference that there is grain that is too soft and unable to stand, which may not be used for the omer offering an