There is stringency to [the rite of] leaning over [the rite of] waving, and stringency to [the rite of] waving over [the rite of] leaning. One may perform waving on behalf of all the fellow [owners] but one may not lean on behalf of all the fellow [owners]. The stringency of waving [is] that waving applies [both] to individual and communal offerings; while living and when slaughtered; with living matter and with non-living matter; which is not the case with leaning.

R’ Yishmael says: The omer was brought on the Sabbath from three seah, and on a weekday from five. But the Sages say: Whether on the Sabbath or on a weekday, it came from three. R’ Chanina, the administrator of the Kohanim, says: On the Sabbath it was reaped by an individual, with one sickle, and in one basket; on a weekday by three, in three baskets, with three sickles. But the Sages say: Whether on the Sabbath or on weekdays, [it was done] by three [people], with three baskets, and three sickles.