Days of the Omer 1663 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5423

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5423 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 1660 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5420
Days of the Omer 1661 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5421
Days of the Omer 1662 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5422
Days of the Omer 1663 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5423
Days of the Omer 1664 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5424
Days of the Omer 1665 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5425
Days of the Omer 1666 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5426
Days of the Omer 1667 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5427
Days of the Omer 1668 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5428
Days of the Omer 1669 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5429
Days of the Omer 1670 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5430

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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