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Omer (Heb., ‘sheaf’). An offering brought to the Temple on 16 Nisan in the Jewish religion. By extension ‘Omer’ became the name of the period between Passover and Shavuʿot. Traditionally the days of the omer are ones of semimourning which is associated with a plague that struck the disciples of R. Akiva (B. Yev. 62b). Lag Ba-Omer is celebrated on the thirty-third day, but the origins of this minor festival are obscure.

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Omer

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Omer in Judaism, a sheaf of corn or omer of grain presented as an offering on the second day of Passover; the period of 49 days between this day and Pentecost. The name comes from Hebrew ῾ōmer, an ancient Hebrew dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Omer." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Omer.html

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