Days of the Omer 4359 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8119

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8119 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 4356 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8116
Days of the Omer 4357 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8117
Days of the Omer 4358 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8118
Days of the Omer 4359 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8119
Days of the Omer 4360 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8120
Days of the Omer 4361 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8121
Days of the Omer 4362 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8122
Days of the Omer 4363 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8123
Days of the Omer 4364 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8124
Days of the Omer 4365 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8125
Days of the Omer 4366 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8126

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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