Days of the Omer 1149 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4909

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4909 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 1146 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4906
Days of the Omer 1147 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4907
Days of the Omer 1148 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4908
Days of the Omer 1149 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4909
Days of the Omer 1150 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4910
Days of the Omer 1151 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4911
Days of the Omer 1152 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4912
Days of the Omer 1153 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4913
Days of the Omer 1154 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4914
Days of the Omer 1155 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4915
Days of the Omer 1156 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4916

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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