Days of the Omer 1337 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5097

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5097 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 1334 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5094
Days of the Omer 1335 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5095
Days of the Omer 1336 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5096
Days of the Omer 1337 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5097
Days of the Omer 1338 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5098
Days of the Omer 1339 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5099
Days of the Omer 1340 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5100
Days of the Omer 1341 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5101
Days of the Omer 1342 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5102
Days of the Omer 1343 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5103
Days of the Omer 1344 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5104

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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