Days of the Omer 2827 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6587

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6587 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 2824 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6584
Days of the Omer 2825 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6585
Days of the Omer 2826 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6586
Days of the Omer 2827 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6587
Days of the Omer 2828 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6588
Days of the Omer 2829 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6589
Days of the Omer 2830 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6590
Days of the Omer 2831 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6591
Days of the Omer 2832 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6592
Days of the Omer 2833 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6593
Days of the Omer 2834 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6594

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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