Days of the Omer 1196 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4956

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4956 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 1193 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4953
Days of the Omer 1194 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4954
Days of the Omer 1195 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4955
Days of the Omer 1196 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4956
Days of the Omer 1197 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4957
Days of the Omer 1198 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4958
Days of the Omer 1199 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4959
Days of the Omer 1200 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4960
Days of the Omer 1201 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4961
Days of the Omer 1202 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4962
Days of the Omer 1203 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4963

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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