[Avodah] How much is an Omer?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 03:07:50AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: a) Why was this information included in Torah Sheb'ksav? Isn't this
: exactly the sort of thing which is usually relegated to Torah Sheb'al Peh?

I think the point is to allow derashos between the mahn and challah
and/or qorban minchah, for which the shiur is an eiphah. I think that's
the point of Rashi concluding "vehu shi'ur lechalah uleminachos".

See Eiruvin 83b, which uses this pasuq bedavqa to relate omer to
challah, and thus challah to the quantity of a proper day's diet.

Gut Voch!
-Micha

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