Days of the Omer 1587 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5347

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5347 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 1584 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5344
Days of the Omer 1585 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5345
Days of the Omer 1586 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5346
Days of the Omer 1587 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5347
Days of the Omer 1588 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5348
Days of the Omer 1589 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5349
Days of the Omer 1590 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5350
Days of the Omer 1591 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5351
Days of the Omer 1592 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5352
Days of the Omer 1593 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5353
Days of the Omer 1594 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5354

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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