Sefirat Ha'Omer
English
editEtymology
editTransliteration of Hebrew סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר
Noun
edit- (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.