Days of the Omer 1926 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5686

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5686 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 1923 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5683
Days of the Omer 1924 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5684
Days of the Omer 1925 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5685
Days of the Omer 1926 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5686
Days of the Omer 1927 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5687
Days of the Omer 1928 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5688
Days of the Omer 1929 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5689
Days of the Omer 1930 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5690
Days of the Omer 1931 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5691
Days of the Omer 1932 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5692
Days of the Omer 1933 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5693

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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