Days of the Omer 2869 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6629

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6629 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 2866 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6626
Days of the Omer 2867 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6627
Days of the Omer 2868 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6628
Days of the Omer 2869 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6629
Days of the Omer 2870 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6630
Days of the Omer 2871 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6631
Days of the Omer 2872 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6632
Days of the Omer 2873 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6633
Days of the Omer 2874 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6634
Days of the Omer 2875 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6635
Days of the Omer 2876 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6636

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: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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