Days of the Omer 4451 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8211

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8211 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 4448 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8208
Days of the Omer 4449 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8209
Days of the Omer 4450 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8210
Days of the Omer 4451 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8211
Days of the Omer 4452 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8212
Days of the Omer 4453 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8213
Days of the Omer 4454 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8214
Days of the Omer 4455 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8215
Days of the Omer 4456 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8216
Days of the Omer 4457 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8217
Days of the Omer 4458 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8218

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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