Days of the Omer 3296 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7056

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7056 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 3293 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7053
Days of the Omer 3294 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7054
Days of the Omer 3295 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7055
Days of the Omer 3296 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7056
Days of the Omer 3297 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7057
Days of the Omer 3298 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7058
Days of the Omer 3299 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7059
Days of the Omer 3300 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7060
Days of the Omer 3301 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7061
Days of the Omer 3302 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7062
Days of the Omer 3303 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7063

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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