Days of the Omer 1797 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5557

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5557 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 1794 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5554
Days of the Omer 1795 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5555
Days of the Omer 1796 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5556
Days of the Omer 1797 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5557
Days of the Omer 1798 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5558
Days of the Omer 1799 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5559
Days of the Omer 1800 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5560
Days of the Omer 1801 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5561
Days of the Omer 1802 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5562
Days of the Omer 1803 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5563
Days of the Omer 1804 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5564

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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