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The meaning of OMER is an ancient Hebrew unit of dry capacity equal to 1/10 ephah.
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The Omer - My Jewish Learning
The Omer is a period of 49 days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. It is a mitzvah to ritually count each day, a practice known in Hebrew as sefirat ha’omer. The Omer is also a period of semi-mourning and many refrain from getting married or cutting their hair during this time. Origin
What is the Omer and why do we count it? | Reform Judaism
The Omer was an ancient Hebrew measure of grain. Biblical law (Leviticus 23:9-11) forbade any use of the new barley crop until an omer was brought as an offering to the Temple in Jerusalem.
What Is the Counting of the Omer? - From the Book of Our ...
The correct time for counting the omer is at the beginning of the night, for the verse states that we are to count seven complete weeks and the count can be complete only if we commence when the sixteenth of Nissan begins. Since we commence counting the omer at night, we continue to count at night throughout the entire forty-nine days.
Count Today's Omer - Omer Counting Tools - Chabad.org
The Omer is counted every evening after nightfall, from the second night of Passover till the night before Shavuot. Forgot to count the Omer at night? Count the following day, but without a blessing.
The Omer: Meaning for Today | My Jewish Learning
The period of “the omer” begins the second night of Passover and continues until Shavuot. Literally translated, omer means “a sheaf.” It refers to the measure of grain that was once offered at the Temple in Jerusalem. The Torah commanded that seven weeks be counted for the omer. It says: Leviticus 23:15-21. 15.
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