Days of the Omer 4041 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7801

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7801 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 4038 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7798
Days of the Omer 4039 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7799
Days of the Omer 4040 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7800
Days of the Omer 4041 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7801
Days of the Omer 4042 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7802
Days of the Omer 4043 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7803
Days of the Omer 4044 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7804
Days of the Omer 4045 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7805
Days of the Omer 4046 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7806
Days of the Omer 4047 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7807
Days of the Omer 4048 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7808

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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