Days of the Omer 1501 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5261

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5261 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 1498 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5258
Days of the Omer 1499 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5259
Days of the Omer 1500 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5260
Days of the Omer 1501 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5261
Days of the Omer 1502 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5262
Days of the Omer 1503 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5263
Days of the Omer 1504 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5264
Days of the Omer 1505 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5265
Days of the Omer 1506 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5266
Days of the Omer 1507 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5267
Days of the Omer 1508 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5268

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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