Days of the Omer 2801 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6561

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6561 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 2798 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6558
Days of the Omer 2799 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6559
Days of the Omer 2800 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6560
Days of the Omer 2801 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6561
Days of the Omer 2802 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6562
Days of the Omer 2803 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6563
Days of the Omer 2804 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6564
Days of the Omer 2805 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6565
Days of the Omer 2806 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6566
Days of the Omer 2807 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6567
Days of the Omer 2808 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6568

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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