Days of the Omer 1056 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4816

7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot ㊾

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4816 began on and ended on .

Counting of the Omer (or Sefirat Ha’omer, Hebrew: ספירת העומר) is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. This mitzvah derives from the Torah commandment to count forty-nine days beginning from the day on which the Omer, a sacrifice containing an omer-measure of barley, was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, up until the day before an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple on Shavuot. The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews, and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews, and ends the day before the holiday of Shavuot, the ‘fiftieth day.’.

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Dates for Days of the Omer

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Days of the Omer 1053 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4813
Days of the Omer 1054 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4814
Days of the Omer 1055 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4815
Days of the Omer 1056 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4816
Days of the Omer 1057 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4817
Days of the Omer 1058 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4818
Days of the Omer 1059 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4819
Days of the Omer 1060 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4820
Days of the Omer 1061 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4821
Days of the Omer 1062 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4822
Days of the Omer 1063 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4823

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Counting of the Omer” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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