Days of the Omer 1139 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4899

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4899 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 1136 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4896
Days of the Omer 1137 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4897
Days of the Omer 1138 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4898
Days of the Omer 1139 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4899
Days of the Omer 1140 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4900
Days of the Omer 1141 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4901
Days of the Omer 1142 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4902
Days of the Omer 1143 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4903
Days of the Omer 1144 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4904
Days of the Omer 1145 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4905
Days of the Omer 1146 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4906

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: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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