Days of the Omer 1266 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5026

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5026 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 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
Days of the Omer 1268 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5028
Days of the Omer 1269 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5029
Days of the Omer 1270 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5030
Days of the Omer 1271 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5031
Days of the Omer 1272 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5032
Days of the Omer 1273 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5033

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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