Counting the Omer
Omer - Day 49
The forty-ninth day of counting the Omer starts Friday, May 26th at twilight. Today makes seven weeks and the last day of counting the Omer!
Omer - Day 49
The forty-ninth day of counting the Omer starts Friday, May 26th at twilight. Today makes seven weeks and the last day of counting the Omer!
Omer - Day 48
The forty-eighth day of counting the Omer starts Thursday, May 25th at twilight. Today makes six weeks and six days!
Omer - Day 48
The forty-eighth day of counting the Omer starts Thursday, May 25th at twilight. Today makes six weeks and six days!
Omer - Day 47
The forty-seventh day of counting the Omer starts Wednesday, May 24th at twilight. Today makes six weeks and five days!
Omer - Day 47
The forty-seventh day of counting the Omer starts Wednesday, May 24th at twilight. Today makes six weeks and five days!
Omer - Day 46
The forty-sixth day of counting the Omer starts Tuesday, May 23rd at twilight. Today makes six weeks and four days!
Omer - Day 46
The forty-sixth day of counting the Omer starts Tuesday, May 23rd at twilight. Today makes six weeks and four days!
Omer - Day 45
The forty-fifth day of counting the Omer starts Monday, May 22nd at twilight. Today makes six weeks and three days!
Omer - Day 45
The forty-fifth day of counting the Omer starts Monday, May 22nd at twilight. Today makes six weeks and three days!
Omer - Day 44
The forty-forth day of counting the Omer starts Sunday, May 21st at twilight. Today makes six weeks and two days!
Omer - Day 44
The forty-forth day of counting the Omer starts Sunday, May 21st at twilight. Today makes six weeks and two days!
Tips for Counting
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Count at Home
Get creative! Find something to help you keep track of days! Use marbles, black beans, paper chains, spools of thread, and ribbons tied on the fence posts! Forty-nine of anything will do!
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Days and Dates
While many traditions start the counting on different days, we take a simple reading of Leviticus 23:15 and start counting on the Saturday night after Passover, that's April 8th this year!
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Why Twilight?
In the creation story, evenings came before mornings (see Gen 1:5). Biblical days are patterned after the Genesis model so a new day starts at twilight. That is the traditional time to "count the Omer."