Days of the Omer 2141 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5901

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5901 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 2138 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5898
Days of the Omer 2139 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5899
Days of the Omer 2140 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5900
Days of the Omer 2141 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5901
Days of the Omer 2142 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5902
Days of the Omer 2143 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5903
Days of the Omer 2144 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5904
Days of the Omer 2145 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5905
Days of the Omer 2146 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5906
Days of the Omer 2147 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5907
Days of the Omer 2148 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5908

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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