Commentary for Menachot 143:3

ולא יעשה כריכות אבל מניחן צבתים: מאי טעמא דכמה דאפשר לא טרחינן:

What is the reason?-The Divine Law says. [The first of] your reaping, but not the [first of the] reaping for a religious purpose. ONE MAY NOT BIND THEM IN BUNDLES BUT THEY MUST BE LEFT IN SMALL HEAPS. What is the reason?-Because so far as is possible we must not work [before the 'Omer]. THE PRECEPT OF THE 'OMER IS THAT IT SHALL BE BROUGHT FROM THE STANDING CORN. Our Rabbis taught: It is written, And when thou bringest a meal-offering of first-fruits: what does this teach us? Since the precept of the 'Omer is that it shall be brought from the standing corn, whence should I know that if standing corn cannot be found it may be brought from the sheaves? The text therefore states 'thou bringest'. Another explanation is: 'Thou bringest': since the precept is that it shall be brought from the fresh corn, whence should I know that if fresh corn cannot be found it may be brought from the dry corn? The text therefore states 'thou bringest'. Another explanation is: 'Thou bringest': since the precept is that it shall be reaped by night, whence should I know that if it was reaped by day it is valid, and also that it overrides the Sabbath? The text therefore states 'thou bringest'. 'Thou bringest', whatever it is; 'thou bringest'. from any place; 'thou bringest', even on the Sabbath; 'thou bringest', even in a state of uncleanness. <br>

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