Days of the Omer 2006 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5766

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5766 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 2003 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5763
Days of the Omer 2004 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5764
Days of the Omer 2005 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5765
Days of the Omer 2006 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5766
Days of the Omer 2007 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5767
Days of the Omer 2008 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5768
Days of the Omer 2009 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5769
Days of the Omer 2010 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5770
Days of the Omer 2011 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5771
Days of the Omer 2012 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5772
Days of the Omer 2013 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5773

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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