[Avodah] How much is an Omer?

[David Riceman]

Micha Berger wrote:
> 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.
>   
And see Gur Aryeh ad. loc., who makes essentially the same point.

David Riceman