Days of the Omer 3080 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6840

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6840 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 3077 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6837
Days of the Omer 3078 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6838
Days of the Omer 3079 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6839
Days of the Omer 3080 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6840
Days of the Omer 3081 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6841
Days of the Omer 3082 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6842
Days of the Omer 3083 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6843
Days of the Omer 3084 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6844
Days of the Omer 3085 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6845
Days of the Omer 3086 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6846
Days of the Omer 3087 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6847

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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