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1)[line 1]îúåê ùìà äéúøúä ìå àìà òì éãé ÷éèåóMI'TOCH SHE'LO HITARTAH LO ELA AL YEDEI KITUF - since it is only permitted to pick by hand

It is prohibited to reap the new grain (Chadash) in a normal fashion before the Minchas ha'Omer is offered (Menachos 70a). However, Chazal permitted picking the stalks by hand before the Omer is offered, to prepare the grain for use immediately after it is permitted to do so.

2)[line 4]áøéçéà ãéãàREICHAYA D'YADA- a hand mill (using a water mill is prohibited)

3)[line 4]òì âáé ðôäAL GABEI NAPAH- sifting was done through the underside of the sieve (i.e. with the sieve turned over) (that is, with a Shinuy, in an unusual manner - RABEINU GERSHOM)

4)[line 4]áéú äùìçéïBEIS HA'SHELACHIN / HA'SHALCHIN- a field that receives its water from irrigation or a wellspring (usually located on a mountain - RASHI to Moed Katan 2a)

5)[line 6]ìà âåãùéïLO GODSHIN- it is forbidden to pile the grain in a heap

6a)[line 7]çãù áãéì îéðéäCHADASH BADIL MINEI- a person is not used to eating Chadash, since he has not eaten new grain all year (since after last Pesach)

b)[line 7]çîõ ìà áãéì îéðéäCHAMETZ LO BADIL MINEI- a person eats Chametz all through the year

7)[line 14]÷îç ÷ìé úðï"KEMACH KALI" TENAN- read the Mishnah as "the Chachamim found the marketplace of Yerushalayim full of flour ground from roasted grain" (which is not edible as is)

8)[line 14]áøåúà äéàBERUSA HI- it is an "outside," rejected opinion (alt. Bedusa Hi - it is fiction, i.e. a mistake)

9a)[line 15]î÷ìé åàéìêMI'KALI V'EILACH- from the time that it is roasted

b)[line 15]òã ÷ìéAD KALI- until it is roasted (e.g. while it is being picked, when it is edible)

10)[line 21]ùéäà éåí äðó ëåìå àñåøSHE'YEHEI YOM HA'NEF KULO ASUR- that [eating Chadash on] the entire "day of the waving" (the sixteenth of Nisan) should be prohibited

11)[line 23]"òÇã òÆöÆí äÇéÌåÉí äÇæÌÆä""AD ETZEM HA'YOM HA'ZEH"- "until that actual day" (Vayikra 23:14) - Rebbi Yehudah interprets this verse to mean that the entire day is prohibited by the Torah.

12)[line 27]äàéø îæøçHE'IR MIZRACH- sunrise (RASHI)

13)[line 29]"òÇã äÂáÄéàÂëÆí""AD (YOM) HAVI'ACHEM"- "until you bring [the Korban ha'Omer]" (Vayikra 23:14)

14)[line 34]ìîöåäL'MITZVAH- as a Mitzvah Min ha'Muvchar, the best possible way to fulfill the Mitzvah, but it is not an obligation [to wait for the Minchas ha'Omer to be offered] but a person will not transgress a negative commandment if he eats Chadash after sunrise, before it is offered (RASHI, TOSFOS)

15)[line 35]äòåîø äéä îúéø áîãéðä åùúé äìçí áî÷ãùHA'OMER HAYAH MATIR BA'MEDINAH U'SHTEI HA'LECHEM BA'MIKDASH (CHADASH)

Until the Minchas ha'Omer is offered, there is a prohibition to eat the new grain of the year (Chadash) (Kidushin 37a, Menachos 68b, RAMBAM Hilchos Ma'achalos Asuros 10:2), which is removed after it is offered. Until the Shtei ha'Lechem are offered, there is a prohibition to offer Menachos of Chadash in the Beis ha'Mikdash, which is removed after they are offered (Menachos ibid.).

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16)[line 3]àùú÷ãESHTAKAD- last year

17)[line 10]òã òéöåîå ùì éåíAD ITZUMO SHEL YOM- until the actual day

18)[line 11]òã åòã áëììAD V'AD BI'CHELAL

The word "Ad," "until," when used in any phrase usually has two possible meanings. It may mean "Ad v'Ad bi'Chelal," "until and including [the target of the phrase]," or "Ad v'Lo Ad biChelal" - "until but not including [the target of the phrase]."

19)[line 19]áàåøúà ãùéúñø ðâäé ùáñøB'URTA D'SHITSAR NAGHEI SHIVSAR- on the night of (i.e. after) the [day of the] sixteenth, the night of the seventeenth

20)[line 19]åìñôé÷à ìà çééùéðïLI'SEFEIKAH LO CHAISHINAN- we are not concerned about the "Sefeikah d'Yoma," the uncertainty of the day of the month, which stems from the fact that Rosh Chodesh is set in Eretz Yisrael, and it may take time for the messengers to travel to all Jewish settlements to inform them of the new month. As such, people in Chutz la'Aretz adopted the practice of keeping two days of Yom Tov because of the doubt.

21)[line 20]áöôøà ãùáñøB'TZAFRA D'SHIVSAR- the morning of the seventeenth [of Nisan]

22)[line 22]àîøä ìé àíAMRAH LI EM- my mother informed me

23)[line 22]áàåøúà ãùáñø ðâäé úîðéñøB'URTA D'SHIVSAR NAGHEI TAMNEISAR- on the night of (i.e. after) the [day of the] seventeenth, the night of the eighteenth

24)[line 24]åáéëåøéíBIKURIM

(a)The Mitzvah of Bikurim consists of bringing the first fruits to emerge in one's field every year to the Beis ha'Mikdash. The verse states, "v'Hayah Ki Savo El ha'Aretz... vi'Yrishtah v'Yashavta Bah... v'Lakachta me'Reishis Kol Pri ha'Adamah..." - "And it shall be that when you come to the land... and you inherit it and you settle in it. You shall take of the first fruits of the land..." (Devarim 26:1-2). Each farmer enters the Azarah (courtyard) of the Beis ha'Mikdash with his Bikurim fruit in a decorative basket. While the basket is on his shoulder, he recites the Mikra Bikurim, specific verses from Devarim (26:3, 5-10) thanking HaSh-m for taking us out of Mitzrayim and giving us the land of Yisrael. He then places the basket of fruit at the base of the southwestern corner of the Mizbe'ach (RAMBAM Hilchos Bikurim 3:12) and bows down before HaSh-m. Afterwards, he gives the Bikurim to a Kohen (Mishnah Bikurim 3:8, RAMBAM ibid. 3:1). Live pigeons were a (voluntary) part of the adornment of the baskets of Bikurim. They were offered as Korbenos Olah when the Bikurim were brought (Menachos 58a).

(b)The Mitzvah of Bikurim applies only to the seven species with which the land of Eretz Yisrael was blessed (Devarim 8:8) - wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives and dates (Bikurim 1:3, RAMBAM ibid. 2:2).

(c)Kohanim eat the Bikurim within the walls of Yerushalayim. If a person eats them outside of Yerushalayim after the Bikurim have entered Yerushalayim (according to the Rambam, or after the Bikurim have entered the Azarah according to Rashi in Makos 18b), he receives Malkus. They must be returned to, and eaten in Yerushalayim.

(d)According to Rebbi Eliezer ben Yakov, at one point in the process of bringing the Bikurim, the owner of the fruits, together with the Kohen, performs Tenufah (see Background to Menachos 60:3) on the basket of Bikurim.

25)[line 24]åîðçú áäîäMINCHAS BEHEMAH- the Minchas Nesachim (see Background to Menachos 57:11) that accompanies many animal Korbanos

26)[line 27]ìàLO- no (that is not a question - this was said in a disrespectful manner)

27)[line 27]ìà äåúø îëììå àöì äãéåèLO HUTAR MI'KELALO ETZEL HEDYOT- it is not permitted [to be eaten] by an ordinary person [before the Korban ha'Omer]

28)[line 29]öäáå ôðéåTZAHAVU FANAV- his face lit up

29)[line 31]àåúå äôø÷OSO HA'PEREK- that time frame

30)[line 31]ôøñ äôñç äéäPERAS HA'PESACH HAYAH- two weeks before Pesach

31)[line 31]ëùòìéúé ìòöøúKESHE'ALISI L'ATZERES- when I went up [to Yerushalayim] for Shavu'os

32)[line 33](ðñëéí) [ðñëé] áéëåøéí(NESACHIM) [NISKEI] BIKURIM- a wine libation that was produced from fruits that ripened before the offering of the Minchas ha'Omer

33)[line 34]ãäåúø îëììå àöì äãéåèD'HUTAR MI'KELALO ETZEL HEDYOT- since it was permitted to be eaten by an ordinary person despite the fact that it was prohibited elsewhere (i.e. it was prohibited to be offered on the Mizbe'ach)

34)[line 34]äëà ãìà äåúø îëììåHACHA D'LO HUTAR MI'KELALO- here [with regard to wine libations that were produced from fruit that ripened before the offering of the Minchas ha'Omer], it (i.e. the wine) was not permitted despite the fact that it was prohibited elsewhere [since it never was prohibited elsewhere, and it is always permitted]

35)[line 35]ëì ùëï äëà ãìà àéúñø ëììKOL SHE'KEN HACHA D'LO ITSAR KELAL- all the more so here, it (the wine libation) was never permitted (since it was never prohibited)

36)[line 35]ñã"ø äðö"à âì"é ôé"ì ñéîïSEDE"R HANATZ"A GAL"I PI"L SIMAN- a mnemonic device that stands for the Sugyos in which Rami bar Chama poses a question. It stands for:

1."Shtei ha'Lechem Mahu she'Yatiru she'Lo k'Sidran" (line 36)

2."Shtei ha'Lechem, Hanatzah Shrayan of Chanatah Sharyan" (Daf 69a, line 3)

3."Chitin shebi'Gelalei Bakar" (Daf 69a, line 30)

4."Pil she'Bala Kefifah Mitzris" (Daf 69a, line 42)

37)[line 36]ùìà ëñãøïSHE'LO K'SIDRAN- out of order (i.e. if they took root after the Omer but before the Shtei ha'Lechem)

38)[line 37]ãæøòéðäåD'ZAR'INHU- that he planted them (wheat or barley kernels)

39)[line 37]åçìéó òìééäåCHALIF ALAIHU- [the Shtei ha'Lechem] passed by them

40)[line 39]"åÀàÄí úÌÇ÷ÀøÄéá îÄðÀçÇú áÌÄéëÌåÌøÄéí""V'IM TAKRIV MINCHAS BIKURIM"- "And when you bring a Minchah that is a first-offering" (Vayikra 2:14).

41a)[line 40]ùòåøéïSE'ORIN- barley

b)[line 40]çéèéïCHITIN- wheat

42a)[line 41]ðàîø àáéá áîöøéíNE'EMAR AVIV B'MITZRAYIM- the verse states the word "Aviv" with regard to Egypt (Shemos 9:31)

b)[line 41]åðàîø àáéá ìãåøåúNE'EMAR AVIV L'DOROS- and it states the word "Aviv" with regard to all generations, the Minchas ha'Omer (Vayikra 2:14)

43a)[line 43]îöéðå éçéã ùîáéà çåáúå îï äçéèéïMATZINU YACHID SHE'MEVI CHOVASO MIN HA'CHITIN- we find that an individual brings his obligatory Korbanos from Chitin (the Minchas Chotei - 59:9)

b)[line 43]åçåáúå îï äùòåøéïV'CHOVASO MIN HA'SE'ORIN- and his obligatory Korbanos from Se'orin (the Minchas Sotah - see Background to Menachos 59:10)

44)[last line]îé ñáøú áëåøéí ìôéøà ÷à àîøéðïMI SAVRAT BIKURIM L'FEIRA KA AMRINAN- why do you assume the term Bikurim with regard to the Shtei ha'Lechem connotes the first fruits of a crop of wheat (such that it will be permitted to bring this year's Omer from wheat from a different crop that took root after last year's Omer and before last year's Shtei ha'Lechem)?

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