Days of the Omer 1539 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5299

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5299 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 1536 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5296
Days of the Omer 1537 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5297
Days of the Omer 1538 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5298
Days of the Omer 1539 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5299
Days of the Omer 1540 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5300
Days of the Omer 1541 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5301
Days of the Omer 1542 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5302
Days of the Omer 1543 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5303
Days of the Omer 1544 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5304
Days of the Omer 1545 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5305
Days of the Omer 1546 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5306

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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