Omer Calendar

Artist Unknown

18th century

Wood wall piece with bold Hebrew letters and flowers — This Omer calendar, used for marking the days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, is still used at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. The letters stand for H=Homer (Ladino for Omer); S=Semana, the number of weeks in the counting; D=Dia, the days in the counting to be added to the weeks.

Wood wall piece with bold English letters and flowers. — This Omer calendar, used for marking the days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, is still used at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. The letters stand for H=Homer (Ladino for Omer); S=Semana, the number of weeks in the counting; D=Dia, the days in the counting to be added to the weeks.

Wood wall piece with bold Hebrew letters and flowers

Wood wall piece with bold English letters and flowers.

This omer calendar, marking the days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, is still used at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. The letters stand for H=Homer (Ladino for Omer); S=Semana, the number of weeks in the counting; D=Dia, the days in the counting to be added to the weeks.

Credits

Courtesy Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia.
Courtesy Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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