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Omer

O·mer [ ṓmər ]


noun 
Definition:
 
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.

[Early 17th century. < Hebrew 'ōmer]
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