Days of the Omer 1119 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4879

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4879 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 1116 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4876
Days of the Omer 1117 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4877
Days of the Omer 1118 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4878
Days of the Omer 1119 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4879
Days of the Omer 1120 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4880
Days of the Omer 1121 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4881
Days of the Omer 1122 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4882
Days of the Omer 1123 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4883
Days of the Omer 1124 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4884
Days of the Omer 1125 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4885
Days of the Omer 1126 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4886

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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