Days of the Omer 4761 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8521

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8521 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 4758 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8518
Days of the Omer 4759 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8519
Days of the Omer 4760 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8520
Days of the Omer 4761 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8521
Days of the Omer 4762 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8522
Days of the Omer 4763 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8523
Days of the Omer 4764 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8524
Days of the Omer 4765 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8525
Days of the Omer 4766 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8526
Days of the Omer 4767 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8527
Days of the Omer 4768 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8528

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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