Commentary for Shabbat 261:6

ואכתי מופנה מצד אחד הוא ושמעינן ליה לר' אליעזר דאמר מופנה מצד אחד למידין ומשיבין (ויקרא כג, יז) תביאו רבויא הוא

just as with the 'bringing' stated in connection with the <i>'omer</i>, its preliminaries<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., the reaping, grinding. and sifting; Men. 72a. ');">¹⁶</span> supersede the Sabbath, so with the 'bringing' stated in connection with the two loaves their preliminaries supersede the Sabbath. These must be free,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., from the day that ye brought (v. 15) and 'ye shall bring' (v. 17) must have no other purpose than this gezerah shawah. There are three views on this matter: (i) Both parts of the gezerah shawah must be free, otherwise it can be refuted if they are dissimilar in other respects; (ii) Only one part must be free; and (iii) Even if both parts are required for another teaching too, the gezerah shawah cannot be refuted. ');">¹⁷</span> for if they are not free one can refute [this analogy]: as for the <i>'omer</i>, [its preliminaries supersede the Sabbath] because if one finds it [already] cut,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not for the express purpose of fulfilling the precept. ');">¹⁸</span>

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