Sefirat Ha'Omer

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Etymology

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Transliteration of Hebrew סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר

Noun

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Sefirat Ha'Omer (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism, Samaritanism) The counting of the Omer; the ritual of saying what day of the Omer it is.
    • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 208:
      The forty-nine words in the psalm also correspond to the seven days of Sefirat Ha'omer and the seven verses in the psalm correspond to the seven weeks one counts the Omer.

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