wrote:
>
> "This link Chung provides makes no reference to the actual volume of an=20
> omer. As usual, he either didn't read it or thinks no one else will to=20
> get the truth of the matter."
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z6E81224A
>
> Do a search on liter in the link, the rabbi consulted says the omer was
> the name of a fee to be payed and was also a measure of dry volume, and he
> adds that it would be like saying the fee was a quart or liter and the
> name for the measure also being the name for the fee. Andrew saw what his
> preconception wanted to see. Now let's see if my friend Andrew corrects
> himself or retracts the statement, that will be the measure and there are
> names for it if he doesn't.

I stand corrected not by you but by a kind soul who has informed me that
"omer" in Hebrew literally means "a certain unit of weight." So an
"omer" probably was about 2 pounds (or almost 1 kilogram) because that
is all that someone needs to reach and maintain "ideal" body weight,
ime:

http://www.heartmdphd.com/wtloss.asp

God is great :-)


At His service,

Andrew

--
Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist

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