Days of the Omer 3040 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6800

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6800 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 3037 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6797
Days of the Omer 3038 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6798
Days of the Omer 3039 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6799
Days of the Omer 3040 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6800
Days of the Omer 3041 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6801
Days of the Omer 3042 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6802
Days of the Omer 3043 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6803
Days of the Omer 3044 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6804
Days of the Omer 3045 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6805
Days of the Omer 3046 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6806
Days of the Omer 3047 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6807

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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