Days of the Omer 1637 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5397

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5397 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 1634 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5394
Days of the Omer 1635 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5395
Days of the Omer 1636 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5396
Days of the Omer 1637 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5397
Days of the Omer 1638 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5398
Days of the Omer 1639 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5399
Days of the Omer 1640 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5400
Days of the Omer 1641 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5401
Days of the Omer 1642 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5402
Days of the Omer 1643 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5403
Days of the Omer 1644 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5404

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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