Lis Riba points us to a wonderful site to help keep track of our omer counting. We (Jews) count each night between the Festival of Matzah, Pesach, and the Festival of Weeks, Shavuot (See Leviticus 23:15). The hebrew word for the sheaf mentioned in this counting is omer, or with the definite article ha'omer hence the play on words. I should note, though, that the Homer calender may be wrong with respect to the dates of Yom Ha'zikaron (Day of Rememberance) and Yom Ha'atzmaut (Independence Day). The Town Crier informs us that Israel has pushed those holidays back one day.
UPDATE: I should point out that pushing those holidays back a day just applies to years on which Yom Hazikaron would otherwise have fallen on the first day of the week (Saturday Night/Sunday). Likewise in years on which Yom Ha'atzmaut would have fallen on Friday or Shabbat those holidays get moved earlier by a day or two days respectively. The general rule has not changed, only one additional exception has been added.
I definitely think this satisfies the mitzvah of making a ritual object beautiful.
That, and it makes up for all those years of cool advent calendar jealousy.
Posted by: Stark Raving Zionist | April 10, 2004 at 11:29 PM
Thank you for turning me on to the Homer
Omer site.
I needed this info.
It ties in with a project I have to
grow Omer Barley and Wheat to be
harvested at Shavuot.
The metaphor of Homer is brilliant!!!
and I love the article on Female orgasm
under the Feminist Link.
So please to find you!
Leslie Goldman
Your Enchanted Gardener
Please check out my Blog.
In growing the Omer Barley,
we come Home to ourselves and
restore the Temple for these days!
The Temple starts within us
and this fits with the arrival of the Messiah
idea.
Your Enchanted Gardener,
Leslie
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