Days of the Omer 3687 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7447

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7447 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 3684 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7444
Days of the Omer 3685 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7445
Days of the Omer 3686 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7446
Days of the Omer 3687 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7447
Days of the Omer 3688 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7448
Days of the Omer 3689 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7449
Days of the Omer 3690 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7450
Days of the Omer 3691 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7451
Days of the Omer 3692 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7452
Days of the Omer 3693 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7453
Days of the Omer 3694 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7454

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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