Days of the Omer 1295 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5055

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5055 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 1292 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5052
Days of the Omer 1293 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5053
Days of the Omer 1294 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5054
Days of the Omer 1295 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5055
Days of the Omer 1296 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5056
Days of the Omer 1297 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5057
Days of the Omer 1298 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5058
Days of the Omer 1299 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5059
Days of the Omer 1300 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5060
Days of the Omer 1301 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5061
Days of the Omer 1302 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5062

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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