[Avodah] How much is an Omer?

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 04:28:08AM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: > I think the point is to allow derashos between the mahn and
: > challah and/or qorban minchah, for which the shiur is an eiphah.

: Are you saying that if the definition of an omer appeared only in
: Torah Sheb'al Peh (and not in Torah Sheb'ksav) then those drashos could
: not have been made? ...

Not me, the Gur Aryeih. Otherwise, I would have bowed to those who note
that such term + definition is normal lashon miqra.

I meant derashah in the technical sense. As in darshening dinim from
extra words, and making a gezeirah shavah on the use of a common term.
The 7, 13, 19, or 32 middos shehatorah nidreshes bahem. (The last number
is R' Eliezer ben R' Yosi haGelili's.)

Gezeiros shavos are sometimes made because the meaning is identical --
eg vayeitzei hashemesh : uba hashemesh. But they are much weaker than
if the same word is found in both.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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