Days of the Omer 1260 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5020

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5020 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 1257 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5017
Days of the Omer 1258 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5018
Days of the Omer 1259 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5019
Days of the Omer 1260 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5020
Days of the Omer 1261 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5021
Days of the Omer 1262 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5022
Days of the Omer 1263 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5023
Days of the Omer 1264 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5024
Days of the Omer 1265 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5025
Days of the Omer 1266 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5026
Days of the Omer 1267 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5027

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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