Days of the Omer 1479 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5239

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5239 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 1476 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5236
Days of the Omer 1477 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5237
Days of the Omer 1478 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5238
Days of the Omer 1479 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5239
Days of the Omer 1480 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5240
Days of the Omer 1481 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5241
Days of the Omer 1482 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5242
Days of the Omer 1483 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5243
Days of the Omer 1484 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5244
Days of the Omer 1485 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5245
Days of the Omer 1486 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5246

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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