Days of the Omer 1691 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5451

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5451 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 1688 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5448
Days of the Omer 1689 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5449
Days of the Omer 1690 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5450
Days of the Omer 1691 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5451
Days of the Omer 1692 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5452
Days of the Omer 1693 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5453
Days of the Omer 1694 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5454
Days of the Omer 1695 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5455
Days of the Omer 1696 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5456
Days of the Omer 1697 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5457
Days of the Omer 1698 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5458

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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