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מהחל חרמש בקמה. בקמת שעורי העומר כי השעורה אביב ומן האביב עד הקציר תספור שבעה שבועות חקות קציר: מהחל חרמש בקמה, in the standing barley, which is to serve as the Omer offering. We know already from Exodus 9,31 that the barley crop ripens in spring (in the latitudes which include Egypt and the Land of Israel. Ed]. Seven weeks elapse between the beginning of the barley harvest and that of the wheat harvest. Hence you are to count these seven weeks.