Although the counting is usually recited in Hebrew, the Jewish Language Project’s Omer counter translates the formula into the vernacular, often a Judaized version of the local language.

It feels like we’ve been counting the Omer for around seven months now. Though the formal Jewish ritual of rattling off seven weeks began the second night of Passover, ever since Oct. 7, the ...

The counting of the Omer will continue until the holiday of Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks (Shavuot is Hebrew for “weeks”), which will begin at on Saturday, June 4 and run through Monday, June 6.

Similarly, the Meiri (Pesachim 7a s.v. sha’alu) finds that one fulfills the Shehecheyanu requirement for counting the Omer with the Shehecheyanu recited during the Yom Tov kiddush of Pesach ...

An Omer is a measure, something like a small basket, which was used to harvest barley as it ripened. The Talmud presents the situation as being that Barley ripens in sequence, so that some is ripe ...

From the second seder night until the Giving of the Torah on Shavuot – the Festival of Seven Weeks (or 49 days,) we count up each day, then each week until 49 days and its seven weeks are acc… ...

The counting of the Omer continues for a total of 50 days (seven weeks) and ends on the holiday of Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks (Shavuot is Hebrew for “weeks”), which will begin on Saturday ...

Omer calendar, 18th century, the Netherlands, ink and gouache on parchment. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum, New York, gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman And they have inspired generations of Jewish artists.

By counting the Omer this year, I’m allowing myself to sit with this darkness, even as we move toward some light. Taking it day by day, I find myself more patient with the process, more grateful ...

Such an acknowledgement allows one to draw energy and strength to face the day. And one more: Day 33 of the Omer, May 6 on this year, was Hod (Humility) of Hod (Humility).

Question: I have been puzzled by the fact that we do not recite the Shehecheyanu blessing when we start the counting of the Omer (Sefirah). What is the reason?M. SchwartzVia E-mail ...