## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 136

###### Sifrei Devarim 136:1
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(דברים טז ט) **שִׁבְעָה שָׁבֻעוֹת תִּסְפָּר לָךְ** – בְּבֵית דִּין. מִנַּיִן לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כג טו): ״וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת״ – כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(Devarim 16:9) "Seven weeks shall you count *for yourself*": I might think that *beth-din* (is being exhorted to do the counting); it is, therefore, written (Vayikra 22:15) "And you shall count for yourselves" — each individual (is exhorted to do the counting).


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:2
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**מֵהָחֵל חֶרְמֵשׁ בַּקָּמָה**, מִשֶּׁתַּתְחִיל חֶרְמֵשׁ בַּקָּמָה,

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"From the beginning of the sickle": (The intent is) when the sickle *begins*, and that its harvesting be *only* with the sickle.


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:3
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שֶׁיְּהֵא הַכֹּל בַּקָּמָה, שֶׁיְּהֵא תְּחִלָּה לְכָל הַנִּקְצָרִים; שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא קְצִירָתוֹ אֶלָּא בְּחֶרְמֵשׁ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
"in the standing corn": that all be standing (i.e., that nothing has yet been harvested); that it be the first of all that is harvested.


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:4
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יָכוֹל יִקְצוֹר וְיָבִיא, וְיִסְפּוֹר כָּל זְמַן שֶׁיִּרְצֶה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: **מֵהָחֵל חֶרְמֵשׁ בַּקָּמָה תָּחֵל לִסְפֹּר**.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that he could harvest and bring (the *omer*), and (count) whenever he wished; it is, therefore, written (Vayikra, *Ibid*.) "And you shall count for yourselves from *the morrow of the Sabbath*" (i.e., from the morrow of the first day of Pesach).


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:5
[Sifrei Devarim 136:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/136:5)

יָכוֹל יִקְצוֹר וְיִסְפּוֹר, וְיָבִיא כָּל זְמַן שֶׁיִּרְצֶה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כג טו): ״מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם תִּסְפְּרוּ״.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that he could count and bring (the *omer*), and harvest whenever he wished; it is, therefore, written "when the sickle begins (to harvest) the standing corn." I might think that he could harvest at night and count at night and bring (the *omer*) at night; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "from the *day* that you bring (the *omer*)."


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:6
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יָכוֹל יִקְצוֹר בַּיּוֹם וְיִסְפּוֹר בַּיּוֹם וְיָבִיא בַּיּוֹם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כג טו): ״שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּתוֹת תְּמִימוֹת תִּהְיֶינָה״. אֵימָתַי הֵן תְּמִימוֹת? מִשֶּׁאַתָּה מַתְחִיל מִבָּעֶרֶב.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that he could harvest in the daytime and count in the daytime and bring (the *omer*) in the daytime; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "Seven *complete* Sabbaths shall they be," (the counting *until* Shavuoth not being complete if the first day is counted in the daytime.) When are they complete? When you begin in the evening.


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:7
[Sifrei Devarim 136:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/136:7)

יָכוֹל יִקְצוֹר בַּלַּיְלָה וְיִסְפּוֹר בַּלַּיְלָה וְיָבִיא בַּלַּיְלָה? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא כג טו): ״מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם תִּסְפְּרוּ״, אֵין הֲבָאָה אֶלָּא בַּיּוֹם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I might think that he could harvest at night and count at night and bring (the *omer*) at night; it is, therefore, written (*Ibid*.) "from the *day* that you bring (the *omer*)."


###### Sifrei Devarim 136:8
[Sifrei Devarim 136:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sifrei%20Devarim/r/136:8)

הָא כֵּיצַד? קְצִירָה וּסְפִירָה בַּלַּיְלָה, וַהֲבָאָה בַּיּוֹם.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
What, then, is the procedure? Harvesting, counting at night, and bringing (the *omer*) in the daytime.