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The entries selection comes from the book “Dictionary of Judaica” (2005), which was written by a group of authors led by Eva Kosáková . Entries were further processed by Jaroslav Kuntoš, Dana Veselská, Olga Sixtová, Michaela Scheibová and Lenka Uličná. The book can be purchased at our e-shop.

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Omer calendar

An aid for counting the Omer, i.e., the period of 49 days between the holiday of Passover (Pesah) and the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot). It contains the Hebrew text that is included in this liturgy in this period and occurs as a hand-written manuscript or a bound miniature printed book, a wall plaque (usually decorated), a paper cutout, a scroll wound around wooden rollers (like a Torah scroll*). To facilitate counting, it also occurs in the form of a box with a rewinding mechanism and a little window through which the designation of the particular day of the Omer can be seen.

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