Days of the Omer 1179 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4939

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4939 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 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
Days of the Omer 1179 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4939
Days of the Omer 1180 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4940
Days of the Omer 1181 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4941
Days of the Omer 1182 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4942
Days of the Omer 1183 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4943
Days of the Omer 1184 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4944
Days of the Omer 1185 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4945
Days of the Omer 1186 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4946

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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