פירוש על מנחות 10:6

העומר היה מתיר במדינה – to eat the new crop in all places.

Introduction Our mishnah continues to deal with when new grain can be eaten and used in a sacrifice.

ושתי הלחם במקדש – that prior to [bringing of] the two loaves, they don’t bring a meal-offering from the new grain, as it is written in regard to the two loaves (Numbers 28:26): “[On the day of first fruits, your Feast of Weeks,] when you bring an offering of new grain [to the LORD,” that it will be new for all of he meal-offerings.

The omer permits [the new grain] throughout the land, and the two loaves permit it in the Temple. As we learned in yesterday’s mishnah, once the omer is offered, it permits the eating of new grain throughout the land. However, this does not permit using new grain for a sacrifice. New grain could be used in the Temple only once the two loaves offered on Shavuot (see Leviticus 23:16) had been offered. In practice, this means that new grain would be permitted outside of the Temple about seven weeks before it was permitted in the Temple.

ומנחת בהמה – the meal-offering of libations of the cattle.

One may not offer minhahs, first-fruits, or minhahs that accompany animal offerings, before the omer. And if one did so, it is invalid. Before the omer is offered, no sacrifices can be brought from the new grain, because they cannot be eaten by anyone. This includes all types of minhahs, the first-fruits (bikkurim) as well as any minhah that would accompany an animal offering. And if one did offer a minhah from new grain before the omer was offered, the minhah is invalid.

ואם הביא – prior to the [offering of the] Omer sacrifice.

Nor may one offer these before the two loaves. But if one did so it was valid. While one should wait to bring sacrifices from the new grain until Shavuot, when the two loaves are offered, if one does bring an offering of new grain between the beginning of the omer and Shavuot the offering is valid, since people can eat the new grain.

פסול – for the new crop was not permitted by implication even with regard to the lay person/commoner. But prior to the [sacrifice of] the two loaves, he should not bring.