Counting The Omer

What is the Omer?

• A special person who sacrificed animals in the temple

• A period of forty-nine days, where Jewish people count each day

• A Jewish holiday celebrating spring

• A Hebrew word meaning 'Godless heathen'

What holiday does the Omer start on?

• Purim

• Pesach

• Shavuot

• Lag B'Omer

What holiday does the Omer end on?

• Tisha B'Av

• Tu B'Shvat

• Lag B'Omer

• Shavuot

What does the holiday Shavuot celebrate?

• The Jewish people receiving the Torah from G-d

• Finishing the Torah for the year

• Freedom from Egyptian slavery

• Victory over the Persian King Achashveros

How many does are in between the first night of Pesach and Shavuot?

• 45

• 50

• 35

• 25

There are fifty days between Pesach and Shavuot. Because we start counting the Omer on the second night of Pesach, the Omer lasts for how many days?

• 39

• 49

• 50

• 51

The word Shavuot means _________________

• Days

• Weeks

• Months

• Years

The counting of the Omer lasts for how many weeks?

• 7

• 12

• 14

• 34

During the Omer, some Jewish people choose not to:

• Get married

• Shave/get haircuts

• hear live music

• Every one of these options is correct

The commandment to count the Omer came from:

• Moses

• Ancient Rabbis

• The Torah

• Shia