# Emor | "ממחרת השבת" and the Calendar Controversy Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/emor-and-the-calendar-controversy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/emor-and-the-calendar-controversy.md Podcast: [KMTT - the Torah Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997) Published: 2026-04-29T08:40:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kmtt/Emor5786_RYEtshalom.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kmtt/Emor5786_RYEtshalom.mp3?dest-id=12657 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/episodes/emor-and-the-calendar-controversy Duration seconds: 3515 ## Resource Emor | "ממחרת השבת" and the Calendar Controversy, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Who were the "Beitusin" who challenged rabbinic authority about the date of Shavuot? This shiur, given at the annual Yemei Iyyun beTanakh hosted by SAR High School, analyzes the controversy over the date (and day of the week) of the "Omer" offering which, in kind, affects the date and day of the week of Shavuot. Source sheet >> ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/episodes/emor-and-the-calendar-controversy/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/emor-and-the-calendar-controversy.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.