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| O·mer [ ṓmər ] |
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weeks after Passover: in Judaism, a seven-week period between the second day of Passover and the first day of Shavuoth, observed as a period of mourning, except on one day. Omer is named after the custom of offering an omer or sheaf of barley as a sacrifice in the Temple on the first day of this period.
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