The Omer is the period of 49 days between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot.
Kabbalistic (mystical) and Mussar (personal refinement) traditions offer lenses through which we can examine ourselves as we prepare ourselves.
Now as we count the days we prepare an internal harvest of reflection, discernment, and readiness.
Once we counted the days between the Pesach barley offering and the Shavuot wheat offering at the Temple in Jerusalem.
Through counting the Omer, we link liberation with revelation.
The Omer is the period of 49 days between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot