Editing Counting of the Omer (section)

== Sources ==

The commandment for counting the Omer is recorded within the Torah in {{bibleverse||Leviticus|23:9–21|HE}}:

{{blockquote|text=When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf (''omer'') of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest. And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you; on the morrow after the day of rest the priest shall wave it. ... And '''ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete; even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall ye number fifty days'''; and ye shall present a new meal-offering unto the LORD. ... And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.}}

As well as in {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|16:9–12|HE}}:

{{blockquote|text=Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee; '''from the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks'''. And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God...}}

The obligation in post-Temple destruction times is a matter of dispute, as the Temple offerings which depend on the omer count are no longer offered. While [[Maimonides|Rambam (Maimonides)]] suggests that the omer count obligation is still biblical, most other commentaries assume that it is of a rabbinic origin in modern times.<ref>[https://www.sulamot.org/%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%90-%D7%90%D7%95-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%A0/ ספירת העומר בימינו – מדאורייתא או מדרבנן?]</ref>