Days of the Omer 1903 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5663

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5663 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 1900 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5660
Days of the Omer 1901 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5661
Days of the Omer 1902 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5662
Days of the Omer 1903 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5663
Days of the Omer 1904 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5664
Days of the Omer 1905 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5665
Days of the Omer 1906 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5666
Days of the Omer 1907 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5667
Days of the Omer 1908 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5668
Days of the Omer 1909 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5669
Days of the Omer 1910 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5670

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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