Days of the Omer 1171 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4931

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4931 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 1168 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4928
Days of the Omer 1169 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4929
Days of the Omer 1170 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4930
Days of the Omer 1171 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4931
Days of the Omer 1172 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4932
Days of the Omer 1173 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4933
Days of the Omer 1174 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4934
Days of the Omer 1175 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4935
Days of the Omer 1176 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4936
Days of the Omer 1177 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4937
Days of the Omer 1178 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4938

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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