Days of the Omer 3117 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6877

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6877 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 3114 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6874
Days of the Omer 3115 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6875
Days of the Omer 3116 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6876
Days of the Omer 3117 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6877
Days of the Omer 3118 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6878
Days of the Omer 3119 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6879
Days of the Omer 3120 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6880
Days of the Omer 3121 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6881
Days of the Omer 3122 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6882
Days of the Omer 3123 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6883
Days of the Omer 3124 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6884

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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