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THE OMER WAS PARCHED IN FIRE

Midrash Rabbah - Leviticus 28:2

R. Abin said: Come and observe how much anxiety Israel experienced on account of the commandment of the sheaf!

The Sages, however, say: They used to thresh it … It was placed in a tube. This tube had holes in it so that the fire could get at it.