Days of the Omer 3209 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6969

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6969 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 3206 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6966
Days of the Omer 3207 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6967
Days of the Omer 3208 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6968
Days of the Omer 3209 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6969
Days of the Omer 3210 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6970
Days of the Omer 3211 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6971
Days of the Omer 3212 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6972
Days of the Omer 3213 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6973
Days of the Omer 3214 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6974
Days of the Omer 3215 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6975
Days of the Omer 3216 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6976

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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