Days of the Omer 4769 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8529

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8529 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 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
Days of the Omer 4769 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8529
Days of the Omer 4770 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8530
Days of the Omer 4771 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8531
Days of the Omer 4772 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8532
Days of the Omer 4773 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8533
Days of the Omer 4774 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8534
Days of the Omer 4775 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8535
Days of the Omer 4776 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8536

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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