Counting the Omer
Omer - Day 19
The nineteenth day of counting the Omer starts Wednesday, April 26th at twilight. That's two weeks and five days!
Omer - Day 19
The nineteenth day of counting the Omer starts Wednesday, April 26th at twilight. That's two weeks and five days!
Omer - Day 18
The eighteenth day of counting the Omer starts Tuesday, April 25th at twilight. That's two weeks and four days!
Omer - Day 18
The eighteenth day of counting the Omer starts Tuesday, April 25th at twilight. That's two weeks and four days!
Omer - Day 17
The seventeenth day of counting the Omer starts Monday, April 24th at twilight. That's two weeks and three days!
Omer - Day 17
The seventeenth day of counting the Omer starts Monday, April 24th at twilight. That's two weeks and three days!
Omer - Day 16
The sixteenth day of counting the Omer starts Sunday, April 23th at twilight. That's two weeks and two days!
Omer - Day 16
The sixteenth day of counting the Omer starts Sunday, April 23th at twilight. That's two weeks and two days!
Omer - Day 15
The fifteenth day of counting the Omer starts Saturday, April 22th at twilight. That's two weeks and a day!
Omer - Day 15
The fifteenth day of counting the Omer starts Saturday, April 22th at twilight. That's two weeks and a day!
Omer - Day 14 - Two Weeks
The fourteenth day of counting the Omer starts Friday, April 21th at twilight. That's two weeks!
Omer - Day 14 - Two Weeks
The fourteenth day of counting the Omer starts Friday, April 21th at twilight. That's two weeks!
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."