In the days of the Holy Temple, the Jewish people would bring a barley offering on the second day of Passover (Leviticus 23:10). This was called the 'Omer' (literally, 'sheaf') and in practical terms would permit the consumption of recently-harvested grains. Exchange reading in omers Biblical unit omer into cups dry US unit cup as in an equivalent measurement result (two different units but the same identical physical total value, which is also equal to their proportional parts when divided or multiplied). One omer Biblical converted into cup dry US equals = 9.30 cup 1 omer = 9.30 cup. The omer refers to the 49-day period between the second night of Passover (Pesach) and the holiday of Shavuot.This period marks the beginning of the barley harvest when, in ancient times, Jews would bring the first sheaves to the Temple as a means of thanking God for the harvest. Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative announced that dosing of patients with narsoplimab in the I-SPY COVID-19 Trial began earlier this month.
Exodus 16:16HEB:לְפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ עֹ֣מֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת מִסְפַּר֙
NAS: you shall take an omer apiece
KJV: to his eating, an omer for every man,
INT: much to his eating an omer apiece to the number
Exodus 16:18
HEB: וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּ בָעֹ֔מֶר וְלֹ֤א הֶעְדִּיף֙
NAS: When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much
KJV: And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much
INT: measured an omer had no excess
Exodus 16:22
HEB:מִשְׁנֶ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥י הָעֹ֖מֶר לָאֶחָ֑ד וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙
NAS: two omers for each one.
KJV: two omers for one
INT: twice two omers each came
Exodus 16:32
HEB:יְהוָ֔ה מְלֹ֤א הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
KJV: Fill an omer of it to be kept
INT: the LORD Fill an omer at of it be kept
Exodus 16:33
HEB:שָׁ֥מָּה מְלֹֽא־ הָעֹ֖מֶר מָ֑ן וְהַנַּ֤ח
KJV: pot, and put an omer full of manna
INT: in it full an omer of manna up
Exodus 16:36
HEB: וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה
NAS:(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
KJV:Now an omer [is] the tenth
INT:an omer tenth an ephah
Leviticus 23:10
HEB:וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥ם אֶת־ עֹ֛מֶר רֵאשִׁ֥ית קְצִירְכֶ֖ם
NAS: then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits
KJV: thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits
INT: harvest shall bring the sheaf of the first of your harvest
Leviticus 23:11
HEB:וְהֵנִ֧יף אֶת־ הָעֹ֛מֶר לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: He shall wave the sheaf before
KJV: And he shall wave the sheaf before
INT: shall wave the sheaf before the LORD
Leviticus 23:12
HEB:הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖ם אֶת־ הָעֹ֑מֶר כֶּ֣בֶשׂ תָּמִ֧ים
NAS: when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer
KJV: when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb
INT: the day wave the sheaf A male without
Leviticus 23:15
HEB:הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־ עֹ֖מֶר הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע
NAS: when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering;
KJV: that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering;
INT: the day brought the sheaf of the wave shall be seven
Deuteronomy 24:19
HEB:בְשָׂדֶ֜ךָ וְשָֽׁכַחְתָּ֧ עֹ֣מֶר בַּשָּׂדֶ֗ה לֹ֤א
NAS: and have forgotten a sheaf in the field,
KJV: and hast forgot a sheaf in the field,
INT: your field forgotten A sheaf the field shall not
Ruth 2:7
HEB:נָּא֙ וְאָסַפְתִּ֣י בָֽעֳמָרִ֔ים אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקּוֹצְרִ֑ים
NAS: the reapers among the sheaves.' Thus she came
KJV: the reapers among the sheaves: so she came,
INT: Please and gather the sheaves after the reapers
Ruth 2:15
HEB:גַּ֣ם בֵּ֧ין הָֽעֳמָרִ֛ים תְּלַקֵּ֖ט וְלֹ֥א
NAS: among the sheaves, and do not insult
KJV: Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach
INT: even among the sheaves her glean not
Job 24:10
HEB:וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃
NAS: And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
KJV: and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
INT: famish take the sheaves
14 Occurrences
Strong's Hebrew 6016
14 Occurrences
hā·‘ō·mer — 5 Occ.
hā·‘o·mā·rîm — 1 Occ.
‘ō·mer — 5 Occ.
ḇā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.
wə·hā·‘ō·mer — 1 Occ.
ḇā·‘o·mā·rîm — 1 Occ.
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The omer refers to the 49-day period between the second night of Passover (Pesach) and the holiday of Shavuot. This period marks the beginning of the barley harvest when, in ancient times, Jews would bring the first sheaves to the Temple as a means of thanking God for the harvest. The word omer literally means “sheaf” and refers to these early offerings.
Scroll down for the blessing for counting the omer.
The Torah itself dictates the counting of the seven weeks following Passover:
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“You shall count from the eve of the second day of Pesach, when an omer of grain is to be brought as an offering, seven complete weeks. The day after the seventh week of your counting will make fifty days, and you shall present a new meal offering to God (Leviticus 23:15-16).”
In its biblical context, this counting appears only to connect the first grain offering to the offering made at the peak of the harvest. As the holiday of Shavuot became associated with the giving of the Torah, and not only with a celebration of agricultural bounty, the omer period began to symbolize the thematic link between Passover and Shavuot.
While Passover celebrates the initial liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt, Shavuot marks the culmination of the process of liberation, when the Jews became an autonomous community with their own laws and standards. Counting up to Shavuot reminds us of this process of moving from a slave mentality to a more liberated one.
When to Count the Omer
The counting of the omer begins on the second night of Passover. Jews in the Diaspora generally integrate this counting into the second seder.
The omer is counted each evening after sundown. The counting of the omer is generally appended to the end of Ma’ariv (the evening service), as well.
What to Say
One stands when counting the omer, and begins by reciting the following blessing:
Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha’Olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tizivanu al sefirat ha’omer.
Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has sanctified us with your commandments and commanded us to count the omer.
After the blessing, one recites the appropriate day of the count. For example:
Hayom yom echad la’omer
Today is the first day of the omer.
After the first six days, one also includes the number of weeks that one has counted. For example:
Hayom sh’losha asar yom, she’hem shavuah echad v’shisha yamim la’omer
Today is 13 days, which is one week and six days of the omer
The inclusion of both the day (13) and the week (one week and six days) stems from a rabbinic argument about whether the Torah mandates counting days or weeks. On the one hand, the biblical text instructs, “you shall count 50 days;” on the other hand, the text also says to “count. . . seven complete weeks.” The compromise position, manifested in the ritual, is to count both days and weeks.
The blessing for counting the omer, as well as the language for each day of counting, appears in most prayer books at the end of the text for the evening service.
Because the blessing should precede the counting (and not the other way around), many Jews will not say what day of the omer it is until after the ritual counting. Thus, the reminder about what day to count is often phrased as “yesterday was the fifth day of the omer.”
Many people precede the counting of the omer with a meditation that states one’s intention to fulfill the commandment. This meditation serves to focus the individual on the task at hand and to remind him/her of the biblical basis of the commandment:
Hineni muchan um’zuman l’kayem mitzvat aseh shel s’firat ha’omer k’mo shekatuv baTorah: Us’fartem lakhem mimaharat hashabbat miyom havi’echem et omer hat’nufa, sheva shabbatot t’mimot tihiyenah. Ad mimaharat hashabbat hash’vi’it tisp’ru chamishim yom.
Behold, I am ready and prepared to fulfill the mitzvah of counting the omer, as it says in the Torah: You shall count from the eve of the second day of Pesach, when an omer of grain is to be brought as an offering, seven complete weeks. The day after the seventh week of your counting will make fifty days.
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What Happens When You Forget. . .
One rabbinic debate considers whether there is one cohesive mitzvah to count seven weeks and 50 days or whether each night of counting constitutes a separate mitzvah. This debate would seem immaterial, if not for the proscription against reciting a blessing “in vain” — that is, not for the purpose of doing a mitzvah.
If there is a separate mitzvah to count each night, then forgetting one night would have no effect on one’s ability to count subsequent nights. If, however, there is one collective mitzvah to count the entire period, then missing one night disrupts the entire count.
The rabbis effectively split the difference, and conclude that a person who forgets to count the omer on a particular night may count the next morning without reciting a blessing, and then may continue counting as usual — with a blessing — that night.
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If, however, one forgets to count the omer at night and also forgets to count in the morning, one should still count the omer on every subsequent night, but should no longer recite a blessing before counting.
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