Days of the Omer 3706 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7466

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7466 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 3703 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7463
Days of the Omer 3704 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7464
Days of the Omer 3705 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7465
Days of the Omer 3706 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7466
Days of the Omer 3707 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7467
Days of the Omer 3708 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7468
Days of the Omer 3709 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7469
Days of the Omer 3710 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7470
Days of the Omer 3711 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7471
Days of the Omer 3712 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7472
Days of the Omer 3713 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7473

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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