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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 23:15/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ג:ט״ו
אלולי הקבלה היה נראה כי ספירת הימים כשנות היובל והמכחישים אמרו כי טעם תמימות שלא תעלה במספר השבת הראשונה שיחל ממחרת׳:
1If it were not for tradition162 and Shavu’ot. it would have appeared that the counting of the days is similar to the counting of the years163. Some editions read bi-shenot. According to this reading, “the counting of days only applies in the days of the Jubilee.” In other words, the omer is not counted when the Jubilee is not observed. of the Jubilee.164 and the 50th day declared as the festival of Shavu’ot. Those who deny the Rabbinic tradition say that the meaning of complete is that the first Sabbath from the morrow on which the count begins is not to be considered in the count.165 is waved is not to be considered in the count.