Sefirat Ha'Omer
English
Etymology
Transliteration of Hebrew סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר
Noun
Sefirat Ha'Omer (uncountable)
- (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.
Synonyms
- counting of the Omer
- sefiras haomer
- sefirah
- sefira
- omer
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