Counting the Omer
Omer - Day 25
The twenty-fifth day of counting the Omer starts Tuesday, May 2nd at twilight. That's three weeks and four days!
Omer - Day 25
The twenty-fifth day of counting the Omer starts Tuesday, May 2nd at twilight. That's three weeks and four days!
Omer - Day 24
The twenty-forth day of counting the Omer starts Monday, May 1st at twilight. That's three weeks and three days !
Omer - Day 24
The twenty-forth day of counting the Omer starts Monday, May 1st at twilight. That's three weeks and three days !
Omer - Day 23
The twenty-third day of counting the Omer starts Sunday, April 30th at twilight. That's three weeks and two days !
Omer - Day 23
The twenty-third day of counting the Omer starts Sunday, April 30th at twilight. That's three weeks and two days !
Omer - Day 22
The twenty-second day of counting the Omer starts Saturday, April 29th at twilight. That's three weeks and a day !
Omer - Day 22
The twenty-second day of counting the Omer starts Saturday, April 29th at twilight. That's three weeks and a day !
Omer - Day 21 - Three Weeks
The twenty-first day of counting the Omer starts Friday, April 28th at twilight. That's three weeks!
Omer - Day 21 - Three Weeks
The twenty-first day of counting the Omer starts Friday, April 28th at twilight. That's three weeks!
Omer - Day 20
The twentieth day of counting the Omer starts Thursday, April 27th at twilight! That's two weeks and six days!
Omer - Day 20
The twentieth day of counting the Omer starts Thursday, April 27th at twilight! That's two weeks and six days!
Tips for Counting
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Count at Home
Get creative! Find something to help you keep track of days! Use marbles, black beans, paper chains, spools of thread, and ribbons tied on the fence posts! Forty-nine of anything will do!
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Days and Dates
While many traditions start the counting on different days, we take a simple reading of Leviticus 23:15 and start counting on the Saturday night after Passover, that's April 8th this year!
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Why Twilight?
In the creation story, evenings came before mornings (see Gen 1:5). Biblical days are patterned after the Genesis model so a new day starts at twilight. That is the traditional time to "count the Omer."