Counting the Omer
"And you shall count for yourselves from the day following the [first day of Passover]"—Leviticus 23:15.
We are commanded to count the omer. Each individual is commanded to count 49 days [from the day when the Omer Offering was brought in the Temple, on the second day of Passover], counting both the days and weeks that have elapsed.
Women are exempt from this mitzvah.
Eating the Flesh of an Animal that was Disqualified as a Sacrifice
"You shall not eat any abominable [food]"—Deuteronomy 14:3.
It is forbidden to eat of the flesh of an animal that was designated as a sacrifice and then became disqualified under certain conditions. Such as, if the animal was intentionally blemished so as to invalidate it as a sacrifice, or if after it was slaughtered (in the Temple) it became disqualified for offering on the altar.
