daf bit: Menachot 64
May. 12th, 2011 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioToday's daf discusses the omer (barley) offering.
The mishna teaches that it should be brought from what grows nearby,
but if the crop near Jerusalem is not yet ripe it can be brought from
anywhere. Why this preference? The g'mara says the torah says "fresh grain
shall you bring", and if it comes from farther away it will not be fresh.
Or, alternatively, because one must not pass up the first opportunity
to perform the mitzvah. (64b)
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Date: 2011-05-13 01:28 am (UTC)