Work six days take a day off - that's one week.
Work six weeks take a week off - that's one omer.
An omer is a six or seven week period.
The weeks of an omer progress similarly to days of a week. Omer's begin with Sunweek and progress through to Saturnweek.
The beginning of each omer are the natural holidays. The natural holidays are the equinoxes, solstices and the crosses between them. The eve and day of the natural holiday must be in the same week. That is, if a natural holiday is on a Sunday the week prior will be considered the Sunweek to accommodate for the eve.
The days of the week and weeks of the omer are named after heavenly bodies.
Sun: Sunday: Sunweek
Moon: Monday: Moonweek
Mercury: Tuesday: Hermesweek
Venus: Wednesday: Venusweek
Mars: Thursday: Aresweek
Jupiter: Friday: Zeusweek
Saturn: Saturday: Saturnweek
There are eight omers per year. Five omers are seven weeks long and three omers are six weeks long.
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