![]() ![]() Today is fourteen days, which is two weeks of the Omer. Hayom arbaah asar yom shehem sh’nei shavuot la-omer. Today is thirteen days, which is one week and six days of the Omer. Hayom sh’loshah asar yom shehem shavua echad v’shishah yamim la-omer. Today is twelve days, which is one week and five days of the Omer. Hayom sh’neim asar yom shehem shavua echad vachamishah yamim la-omer. Today is eleven days, which is one week and four days of the Omer. Hayom achad asar yom shehem shavua echad v’arbaah yamim la-omer. Today is ten days, which is one week and three days of the Omer. Hayom asarah yamim shehem shavua echad ushloshah yamim la-omer. Today is nine days, which is one week and two days of the Omer. Hayom tishah yamim shehem shavua echad ushnei yamim la-omer. Today is eight days, which is one week and one day of the Omer. Hayom sh’monah yamim shehem shavua echad v’yom echad la-omer. ![]() Today is seven days which is one week of the Omer. ![]() Hayom shivah yamim shehem shavua echad la-omer. The count is stated in both total days (“Today is the twenty-third day of the Omer,”) and weeks and days (“which is three weeks and two days of the Omer.”) Those who "count the Omer" recite a blessing each night of the 50-day period: The counting of the Omer ( S’firat HaOmer), which lasts for 49 days, takes place at night, commencing on the second night of Pesach. The festival of Shavuot is observed on the 50th day. They must be complete: you must count until the day after the seventh week – 50 days” (Leviticus 23:15-16). (“sheaf”) was an ancient measure of grain, and refers to the barley offering brought to the Temple on the second day of Passover. Starting on that day, the Torah instructs: “you shall count off seven weeks. An omer (an) omer עֹמֶר Ancient Hebrew measure of grain that amounts to about 3.6 litres. For example, “Today is the twelfth day making one week and 5 days of the Omer.The seven-weeks between Passover and Shavuot is known as “the omer” period. Third, we announce the number of weeks that have passed since the start of the count. “Blessed are You, Adonai our god, Ruler of the Universe, who has hallowed us with your commandments, and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer.” A passage from Vayikra (Leviticus) is read, followed by these words: HOW DO WE MARK THE OMER PERIOD? We count the days of the Omer, beginning on the second day of Pesach during the Ma’ariv (evening) service. The first is that the plague killing Rabbi Akiva’s students stopped and the second is that, later, a Jewish leader named Bar Kochba fought the Romans and won. Two events are thought to have occurred on Lag B’Omer. The 33rd day of the Omer is called Lag B’Omer and it is not like the other days: it is a happy time. During the Omer many of his students died from a plague, and so it is a time of mourning when we are not allowed to do certain things. At this time, there was a great Rabbi called Akiva who used to meet his students in a cave secretly to teach them Torah. When the Romans controlled the land of Israel, they did not allow the Jews to study the Torah. This period of time between 2nd Day Pesach and Shavuot became known as Sefirat haOmer, the counting of the Omer, and is often called simply the Omer or the Omer period. On the 50th day, when all the 49 days of the Omer period are finished, it will be the festival of Shavuot. This was done on the second day of Pesach.įrom the second day of Pesach until the festival of Shavuot, we count each day for seven weeks and each day in anceint times an omer of barley was brought to the Temple. WHAT IS THE OMER PERIOD AND WHY DO WE COUNT IT? In Bible times, the Jews used to take a measure of barley, called an omer, to the Temple in Jerusalem as a sacrifice to God to say thank you for giving them a good harvest.
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