Days of the Omer 1509 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5269

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5269 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 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
Days of the Omer 1509 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5269
Days of the Omer 1510 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5270
Days of the Omer 1511 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5271
Days of the Omer 1512 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5272
Days of the Omer 1513 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5273
Days of the Omer 1514 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5274
Days of the Omer 1515 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5275
Days of the Omer 1516 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5276

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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