Days of the Omer 156 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3916

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3916 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 153 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3913
Days of the Omer 154 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3914
Days of the Omer 155 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3915
Days of the Omer 156 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3916
Days of the Omer 157 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3917
Days of the Omer 158 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3918
Days of the Omer 159 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3919
Days of the Omer 160 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3920
Days of the Omer 161 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3921
Days of the Omer 162 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3922
Days of the Omer 163 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3923

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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