Days of the Omer 2661 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6421

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6421 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 2658 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6418
Days of the Omer 2659 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6419
Days of the Omer 2660 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6420
Days of the Omer 2661 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6421
Days of the Omer 2662 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6422
Days of the Omer 2663 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6423
Days of the Omer 2664 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6424
Days of the Omer 2665 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6425
Days of the Omer 2666 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6426
Days of the Omer 2667 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6427
Days of the Omer 2668 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6428

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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