Days of the Omer 4815 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8575

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8575 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 4812 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8572
Days of the Omer 4813 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8573
Days of the Omer 4814 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8574
Days of the Omer 4815 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8575
Days of the Omer 4816 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8576
Days of the Omer 4817 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8577
Days of the Omer 4818 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8578
Days of the Omer 4819 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8579
Days of the Omer 4820 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8580
Days of the Omer 4821 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8581
Days of the Omer 4822 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8582

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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