Days of the Omer 1526 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5286

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5286 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 1523 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5283
Days of the Omer 1524 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5284
Days of the Omer 1525 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5285
Days of the Omer 1526 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5286
Days of the Omer 1527 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5287
Days of the Omer 1528 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5288
Days of the Omer 1529 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5289
Days of the Omer 1530 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5290
Days of the Omer 1531 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5291
Days of the Omer 1532 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5292
Days of the Omer 1533 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5293

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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