Days of the Omer 484 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4244

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4244 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 481 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4241
Days of the Omer 482 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4242
Days of the Omer 483 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4243
Days of the Omer 484 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4244
Days of the Omer 485 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4245
Days of the Omer 486 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4246
Days of the Omer 487 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4247
Days of the Omer 488 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4248
Days of the Omer 489 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4249
Days of the Omer 490 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4250
Days of the Omer 491 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4251

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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