Days of the Omer 3180 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6940

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6940 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 3177 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6937
Days of the Omer 3178 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6938
Days of the Omer 3179 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6939
Days of the Omer 3180 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6940
Days of the Omer 3181 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6941
Days of the Omer 3182 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6942
Days of the Omer 3183 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6943
Days of the Omer 3184 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6944
Days of the Omer 3185 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6945
Days of the Omer 3186 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6946
Days of the Omer 3187 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6947

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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