Days of the Omer 1559 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5319

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5319 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 1556 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5316
Days of the Omer 1557 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5317
Days of the Omer 1558 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5318
Days of the Omer 1559 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5319
Days of the Omer 1560 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5320
Days of the Omer 1561 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5321
Days of the Omer 1562 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5322
Days of the Omer 1563 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5323
Days of the Omer 1564 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5324
Days of the Omer 1565 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5325
Days of the Omer 1566 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5326

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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