Omer Cup & Menorah 1 Sheqel Israel Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Hanukkah) (Sabbath Offering) (Passover Second Day)

Omer Cup & Menorah 1 Sheqel Israel Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Hanukkah) (Sabbath Offering) (Passover Second Day)

Obverse: Omer Cup
Lettering:
שקל
ישראל
Translation: Sheqel [of] Israel

Reverse: The denomination and the emblem of the State of Israel
Lettering:
ישראל
שקל 1
ישראל תשמ׳׳א ISRAEL اسرائيل
Translation:
1 Sheqel
Israel

Features
Issuer Israel
Period State of Israel (1948-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 5741-5745 (1981-1985)
Calendar Hebrew
Value 1 Sheqel (1 ILR)
Currency Old Shekel (1980-1985)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 5 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 4 September 1985
Number N# 1725
References KM# 111, Schön# 102

"The Omer is a sacrifice of fresh fruits as specified in Leviticus 2:9-11. The cup itself is the golden vessel that contained the Omer and was used on the second day of Passover when a measure of barley, a tenth of an epah, equal to one and a half pints of fine flour, was offered to the Temple as the fresh fruits of the field. The waving of the cup in different directions during the offering corresponded to the waving of the lulav."
Source: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=omer%20cup

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"The new coins even featured the Omer cup in reference to the shekels of the First Jewish Revolt."

Source: https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/coin-world-shekel-history-numismatics-israel-world-coins-ancient-collecting-hobby.html

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Wikipedia:
The omer (Hebrew: עֹ֫מֶר‎ ‘ōmer) is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem.

In the Torah, the main significance of the omer is the traditional offering (during the Temple period) of an omer of barley on the day after the Sabbath, or, according to the rabbinical view, on the second day of Passover during the feast of unleavened bread, as well as the tradition of the Counting of the Omer (sefirat ha'omer) - the 49 days between this sacrifice and the two loaves of wheat offered on the holiday of Shavuot. During the Temple period, the offering of the omer was one of twenty-four priestly gifts, and one of the ten which were offered to priests within the Temple precincts, when Jewish farmers would bring the first of that year's grain crop to Jerusalem.

Omer is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah mentions as being equal to one tenth of an ephah. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906), an ephah was defined as being 72 logs, and the Log was equal to the Sumerian mina, which was itself defined as one sixtieth of a maris; the omer was thus equal to about 12⁄100 of a maris. The maris was defined as being the quantity of water equal in weight to a light royal talent, and was thus equal to about 30.3 litres, making the omer equal to about 3.64 litres. The Jewish Study Bible (2014), however, places the omer at about 2.3 liters.

In traditional Jewish standards of measurement, the omer was equivalent to the capacity of 43.2 eggs, or what is also known as one-tenth of an ephah (three seahs). In dry weight, the omer weighed between 1.560 kg. to 1.770 kg., being the quantity of flour required to separate therefrom the dough offering.

The word omer is sometimes translated as sheaf — specifically, an amount of grain large enough to require bundling. The biblical episode of the manna describes God as instructing the Israelites to collect an omer for each person in your tent, implying that each person could eat an omer of manna a day.