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The Talmud answers: He holds in accordance with his opinion with regard to one issue, and disagrees with him with regard to one issue. In other words, R' Meir holds in accordance with R' Akiva’s opinion that the harvesting of fodder that has not yet reached 1/3rd of its growth is not considered the
§ The Mishnah teaches: And one may reap crops prior to the omer due to potential damage to saplings growing alongside the crops; and due to the place of mourning, to create room for those consoling the mourners, who would bless them upon their return from the cemetery; and due to the need to create
§ The Mishnah teaches: After reaping the crops for any of these reasons, one may not fashion them into sheaves, but he leaves them unbound. The Talmud asks: What is the reason? The Talmud answers: Although reaping is technically permitted, one should limit his involvement with the new grain. There
§ The Mishnah teaches that the mitzva of the omer is to bring the barley from the standing grain. A baraita states: What is the meaning when the verse states: “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 parch
Alternatively, the baraita suggests another reason why the verse states: “You shall bring.” Since it is a mitzva to bring the omer from the moist grain, one can ask: From where is it derived that if one does not find barley from the moist grain, he should bring it from the dry grain? The verse stat