Days of the Omer 1980 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5740

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5740 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 1977 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5737
Days of the Omer 1978 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5738
Days of the Omer 1979 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5739
Days of the Omer 1980 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5740
Days of the Omer 1981 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5741
Days of the Omer 1982 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5742
Days of the Omer 1983 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5743
Days of the Omer 1984 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5744
Days of the Omer 1985 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5745
Days of the Omer 1986 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5746
Days of the Omer 1987 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5747

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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