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On today’s page, Menachot 5, a disagreement about the Omer offering leads the rabbis to slow down and ask what this ritual is actually meant to accomplish. By questioning whether intention, validity, and even sacrificial status apply in the usual way, the discussion turns ritual into an invitation to inquire rather than comply. If the Torah wants us not just to perform commandments but to interrogate their purpose, how should that shape the way we live with them? Listen and find out.
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On today’s page, Menachot 5, a disagreement about the Omer offering leads the rabbis to slow down and ask what this ritual is actually meant to accomplish. By questioning whether intention, validity, and even sacrificial status apply in the usual way, the discussion turns ritual into an invitation to inquire rather than comply. If the Torah wants us not just to perform commandments but to interrogate their purpose, how should that shape the way we live with them? Listen and find out.

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