Days of the Omer 1677 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5437

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5437 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 1674 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5434
Days of the Omer 1675 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5435
Days of the Omer 1676 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5436
Days of the Omer 1677 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5437
Days of the Omer 1678 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5438
Days of the Omer 1679 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5439
Days of the Omer 1680 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5440
Days of the Omer 1681 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5441
Days of the Omer 1682 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5442
Days of the Omer 1683 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5443
Days of the Omer 1684 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5444

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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