Create Your Own Omer Calendar Long ago, ancient Israelites brought an omer of barley to the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering on the second day of Passover. Today, we count the days from the second day of Passover until Shavuot, the time of the ancient wheat harvest. The counting of the Omer links the holidays of Pesach and Shavuot. We count 49 days, and the fiftieth day is Shavuot. The thirty-third day of the Omer – Lag B’Omer – is a special day in the Omer. On that day, it is said, a plague ended that was killing the students of Rabbi Akiva. Click here to share back your Omer calendars with us! © Jewish Enrichment Center 2020 Material Omer Calendar Materials: • Any material x 49 • Glue or tape • Empty background area (board/paper/wood/wall/tapestry) Directions: 1. Choose or create any (small) material you have at least 49 pieces of (Cheerios, buttons, toothpicks, tinfoil squares, origami paper shapes, painted flowers, etc. The list is endless). 2. Choose a background you will glue or tape it down on. Make sure it is big enough for all of the pieces. Do you want to decorate the background first? 3. Glue down the objects in rows of 7. on opposite sides ( שָבועות ) ”and “Shavuot ( פֶסַח ) ”Write “Pesach .4 of the background. 5. Add any decorations or drawings that relate to spring, Pesach, or Shavuot. For example, for Pesach you might include matzah, a splitting sea, or a seder plate. For Shavuot you might include flowers, barley, dairy foods, or a Torah. 6. Make sure to mark Lag B’Omer (the 33rd day) as a special day! © Jewish Enrichment Center 2020 © Jewish Enrichment Center 2020 Pencil/Pen Omer Calendar Materials: • Writing utensil (pen/pencil/marker) • Empty surface (paper, wall, wooden slab, cardboard) • (Optional) Ruler Directions: 1. On a background of your choice, draw a design with 49 shapes (boxes, triangles, circles, whatever your shape is). in Hebrew on ( שָבועות ) ”and “Shavuot ( פֶסַח ) ”Write “Pesach .2 opposite sides of the grid. 3. Add any decorations or drawings that relate to spring, Pesach, or Shavuot. For example, for Pesach you might include matzah, a splitting sea, or a seder plate. For Shavuot you might include flowers, barley, dairy foods, or a Torah. 4. Make sure to mark Lag B’Omer (the 33rd day) as a special day! © Jewish Enrichment Center 2020 © Jewish Enrichment Center 2020 Abstract Omer Calendar (DIY Adventure!) Materials: Whatever you choose! Directions: You decide! The Golden Rules Are: 1. Show the 49 days of the Omer in some way. need to be ( שָבועות ) ”and “Shavuot ( פֶסַח ) ”The words “Pesach .2 near those 49 Omer days. 3. Think outside the box! You could make your Omer calendar on a wall outside your house (check with a grown-up first, please!). You could make your Omer calendar in a spiral, or a polygon, or the shape of a fish! (Maybe you love fish.) You could make your Omer calendar out of cloth, or beads, or yarn, or twigs, or whatever else you find! We can’t wait to see what you come up with! 4. Make sure to mark Lag B’Omer (the 33rd day) as a special day! © Jewish Enrichment Center 2020.