Why do we call this period of time the days of the
Omer? The Omer was a Korban brought on the second day of Pesach and that is
when we start counting Sefirah. The 49 days it seems has nothing to do with the
Omer, it is only the starting point of the counting which seems coincidently.
We are actually counting from Pesach to Shevuous. It is funny that we call it
Sefiras Haomer.
In the Sefer HaKsav V’hakabalah he says a beautiful
Pshat which is a great insight. There are 49 days of Sefirah. He asks why in
this week’s Parsha does the Posuk say, טו וּסְפַרְתֶּם
לָכֶם, מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם, אֶת-עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה:
שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּתוֹת, תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶינָה it calls the seven weeks שַׁבָּתוֹת.
Whereas in Parshas Re’ei when it talks about Sefira the Posuk says in Devarim 16:9 ט שִׁבְעָה
שָׁבֻעֹת, תִּסְפָּר-לָךְ: מֵהָחֵל חֶרְמֵשׁ, בַּקָּמָה, תָּחֵל לִסְפֹּר,
שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעוֹת why is
there the difference between Shabosois and Shavuois?
He explains as follows. Really they are Shevuois,
weeks. So why here does it refer to Sefira as the Sheva Shabosois? Shabasois is
a language that implies a break, and a time to rest. In this week’s Parsha, the
Parsha brings the Posuk of the Omer, then instructs us on the counting of the
Omer, and after the 49 days you bring the Shtei Halechem which is an offering
brought on the 50th day. It seems to not only mix the Omer into the
Mitzvah of the seven weeks but also the Shtei Halechem.
The HaKsav V’hakabala says the Omer was an offering
of barley brought on Pesach which permitted the Yidden to eat from the new crop
of wheat. During those seven weeks it was still prohibited to bring from the
new crop on the Mizbaiach. On Shavuous the Shtei Halechem offering which was
wheat was Matir meaning it permitted bringing from the new crop on the
Mizbaiach as a Korban. So for these seven weeks the Omer mattered. This is
because for these seven weeks there was a Matir (there was something that
permitted) the eating of the new crops to ordinary people. After Shevuous it
was Muttar everywhere. It didn’t need the Omer, it was really the Shtei
Halechem that permitted it everywhere. So the seven weeks are the seven weeks
of the Omer. The seven weeks of the Omer has an influence. Sheva Shabasois is a
language of a break of what was before it, a change. Now the Omer created what
was the seven weeks of the Yimei HaOmer. This beautiful thought and Vort
connects the Omer to these seven weeks.
It is also really an insight because the Omer was
from barley which is animal food. The Shtei Halechem is from Chitim which is
the fine bread that we eat. From when Klal Yisrael left Mitzrayim until they
got the Torah there was a freedom, something new was Muttar. However, it was
inferior, it was before they were obligated to keep the Mitzvois. It was an
inferior time. When they came to Shevuous they brought the Shtei Halechem, it
was a time of Kabbolas Hatorah. A time that something superior happened to
them. That is symbolized by the fact that there was a new Heter, symbolized by
the Heter to eat the new crop,was the finer food of wheat.
So these are actually seven weeks of Omer. Seven
weeks of an inferior state. A state of sort of a barley Heter. A time that we
are lacking Kabbolas Hatorah. Afterwards during the time of the Shtei Halechem,
was a superior time. It is interesting that those who say Hinneni Muchan
Umizuman prior to making the Beracha on Sefiras Haomer, mention both Korbanois.
We mention טו וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם,
מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם, אֶת-עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה: שֶׁבַע
שַׁבָּתוֹת, תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶינָה טז עַד מִמָּחֳרַת
הַשַּׁבָּת הַשְּׁבִיעִת, תִּסְפְּרוּ חֲמִשִּׁים יוֹם; וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם מִנְחָה
חֲדָשָׁה, לַירוָר Without this
Vort it would be strange to mention the Korban Omer and the Shtei Halechem. This
is an extraordinary insight into Sefiras Haomer.
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