Days of the Omer 2079 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5839

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5839 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2076 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5836
Days of the Omer 2077 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5837
Days of the Omer 2078 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5838
Days of the Omer 2079 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5839
Days of the Omer 2080 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5840
Days of the Omer 2081 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5841
Days of the Omer 2082 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5842
Days of the Omer 2083 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5843
Days of the Omer 2084 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5844
Days of the Omer 2085 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5845
Days of the Omer 2086 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5846

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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