Days of the Omer 1961 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5721

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5721 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 1958 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5718
Days of the Omer 1959 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5719
Days of the Omer 1960 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5720
Days of the Omer 1961 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5721
Days of the Omer 1962 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5722
Days of the Omer 1963 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5723
Days of the Omer 1964 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5724
Days of the Omer 1965 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5725
Days of the Omer 1966 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5726
Days of the Omer 1967 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5727
Days of the Omer 1968 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5728

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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