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. ![]() The seven-weeks between Passover and Shavuot is known as “the omer” period.
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