Days of the Omer 1746 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5506

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5506 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 1743 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5503
Days of the Omer 1744 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5504
Days of the Omer 1745 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5505
Days of the Omer 1746 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5506
Days of the Omer 1747 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5507
Days of the Omer 1748 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5508
Days of the Omer 1749 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5509
Days of the Omer 1750 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5510
Days of the Omer 1751 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5511
Days of the Omer 1752 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5512
Days of the Omer 1753 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5513

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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