Days of the Omer 4906 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8666

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8666 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 4903 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8663
Days of the Omer 4904 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8664
Days of the Omer 4905 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8665
Days of the Omer 4906 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8666
Days of the Omer 4907 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8667
Days of the Omer 4908 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8668
Days of the Omer 4909 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8669
Days of the Omer 4910 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8670
Days of the Omer 4911 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8671
Days of the Omer 4912 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8672
Days of the Omer 4913 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8673

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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