Days of the Omer 4301 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8061

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8061 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 4298 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8058
Days of the Omer 4299 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8059
Days of the Omer 4300 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8060
Days of the Omer 4301 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8061
Days of the Omer 4302 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8062
Days of the Omer 4303 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8063
Days of the Omer 4304 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8064
Days of the Omer 4305 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8065
Days of the Omer 4306 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8066
Days of the Omer 4307 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8067
Days of the Omer 4308 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8068

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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