Bringing the Omer From Fresh or From Dried Grain

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 455:3

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Another interpretation: since its commandment is to bring from the moist, from where that if one did not find from the moist he may bring from the dried? Scripture teaches by saying "you shall bring."

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SacrificeCommandmentsHoly Land

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