Section: Parshas HaShavua Category: Chasidus
|Parshas Emor: Rav Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev – Pesach Is The Second Shabbos|
The Pasuk that commands us to count Sefiras HaOmer (VaYikra 23:15) says “U’Sfartem Lachem MiMochoros HaShabbos”; you should begin your count the day after Shabbos. Chazal teach us that this doesn’t mean after Shabbos but rather after the first day of Pesach. If so why does the Torah say MiMochoros HaShabbos?
This explains the Chazal (Shabbos 118b) that says that if Bnei Yisroel keeps two Shabbosos they will immediately be redeemed. One Shabbos refers to the lower Shabbos the physical Shabbos where we refrain from doing Melacha on the seventh day of the week. The second refers to the upper Shabbos, which is kept when we perform Hashem’s will, making His name clear and obvious to everyone in the world.