Days of the Omer 4860 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8620

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8620 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 4857 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8617
Days of the Omer 4858 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8618
Days of the Omer 4859 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8619
Days of the Omer 4860 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8620
Days of the Omer 4861 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8621
Days of the Omer 4862 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8622
Days of the Omer 4863 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8623
Days of the Omer 4864 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8624
Days of the Omer 4865 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8625
Days of the Omer 4866 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8626
Days of the Omer 4867 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8627

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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