Why the Omer Is Brought From Barley and Standing Grain

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 455:2

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Another interpretation: if you say the Omer comes from wheat, then the two loaves are not firstfruits. "And if you bring": what does Scripture teach? Since the commandment of the Omer is to bring from the standing grain, from where that if one did not find from the standing grain he may bring from the sheaves? Scripture teaches by saying "you shall bring."

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SacrificeHoly LandCommandments

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