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The omer (Hebrew: עֹ֫מֶר ‘ōmer) is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem and also known as an isaron. [1] It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah mentions it as being equal to one tenth of an ephah. [ 2 ]
The omer offering (korban omer), or the sheaf offering, was an offering made by the Jewish priests in the Temple in Jerusalem. The offering consisted of one omer of freshly harvested grain, and was waved in the Temple. [ 1 ]
The period of 49 days is known as the "omer period" or simply as "the omer" or "sefirah". [ 1 ] The count has its origins in the biblical command of the Omer offering (or sheaf-offering), which was offered on Passover, and after which 49 days were counted, and the Shavuot holiday was observed.
10. the left-over portion of grain from the omer offering. Four further gifts to be given (or to be consumed) within the confines of the walls of Jerusalem were: 11. firstborn of any domestic kosher animal 12. Bikkurim (First-fruits) 13. the inner organs of certain offerings, that which is removed from the Nazirite offering
Leviticus 2:14 describes the omer offering, brought on Passover, as bikkurim (of barley). In Leviticus 23:9 it is described as reishit ketzirchem (the first of your harvest) but not as bikkurim. Leviticus 23:17 describes the special offering of shtei halechem on Shavuot, referring to it as bikkurim (first-fruits of the wheat harvest).
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