Days of the Omer 4379 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8139

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8139 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.’.

Read more from Judaism 101 or Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Days of the Omer

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Days of the Omer 4376 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8136
Days of the Omer 4377 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8137
Days of the Omer 4378 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8138
Days of the Omer 4379 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8139
Days of the Omer 4380 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8140
Days of the Omer 4381 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8141
Days of the Omer 4382 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8142
Days of the Omer 4383 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8143
Days of the Omer 4384 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8144
Days of the Omer 4385 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8145
Days of the Omer 4386 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8146

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

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.