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Omer Calendar
Not on view
The Omer is the seven-week period between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. The biblical command to count the forty-nine days between the holidays has led to the creation of many kinds of counting devices, including calendars such as this example, which is composed almost completely out of micrography. It presents the blessing and count for each day of the Omer and the liturgical texts from all the major Jewish holidays. These texts, taken from Esther, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Lamentations, make up the micrographic border.
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