Days of the Omer 457 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4217

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4217 began on and ended 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 454 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4214
Days of the Omer 455 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4215
Days of the Omer 456 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4216
Days of the Omer 457 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4217
Days of the Omer 458 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4218
Days of the Omer 459 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4219
Days of the Omer 460 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4220
Days of the Omer 461 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4221
Days of the Omer 462 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4222
Days of the Omer 463 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4223
Days of the Omer 464 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4224

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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