Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 131:1

הרי הוא אומר תספור לך ספירה תלויה בבית דין יצתה שבת בראשית שספירתה בכל אדם

<br> for Scripture says, Thou shalt number unto thee, that is, the numbering depends upon [the decision of] the Beth-din; accordingly the Sabbath of the Creation cannot be intended as the numbering would then be in the hands of all men. R. Jose says. On the morrow after the Sabbath means on the morrow after the Festival. You say that it means on the morrow after the Festival, but perhaps it is not so, but rather on the morrow after the Sabbath of Creation! I will prove it to you. Does Scripture say, 'On the morrow after the Sabbath that is in the Passover week'? It merely says, 'On the morrow after the Sabbath'; and as the year is full of Sabbaths, then go and find out which Sabbath is meant. Moreover, 'Sabbath' is written below, and 'Sabbath' is written above; just as in the former case it refers to the Festival, and indeed to the beginning of the Festival, so in the latter case, too, it refers to the Festival, and indeed to the beginning of the Festival. R. Simeon b. Eleazar says, One verse says. Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, whereas another verse says, Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. How are they to be reconciled?' [In this way:] you may not eat unleavened bread of the new produce the seven days, but you may eat unleavened bread of the new produce six days. From the day that ye brought [the 'Omer of the waving]...shall ye number: now I might think that the 'Omer must be reaped and offered [on the day stated], but the counting may begin whenever one wishes, the text therefore also states, From the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn thou shalt begin to number. But from [this verse], 'From the time the sickle is first put to the standing corn thou shalt begin to number', I might think that the 'Omer must be reaped and then one begins to count, but it is to be offered whenever one wishes, the text therefore states, From the day that ye brought [the 'Omer...shall ye number]. But from [this verse], 'From the day that ye brought', I might think that it must be reaped and offered and the counting begun all by day, the text therefore states 'Seven weeks shall there be complete; and when do you find seven weeks complete? Only when you begin to count from the [previous] evening. I might think, then, that it must be reaped and offered and the counting begun all by night, the text therefore, states, 'From the day that ye brought'. How is it to be then? The reaping and the counting must be on the [previous] night, but the bringing on the [following] day. <br>

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