Days of the Omer 4994 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8754

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8754 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 4991 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8751
Days of the Omer 4992 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8752
Days of the Omer 4993 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8753
Days of the Omer 4994 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8754
Days of the Omer 4995 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8755
Days of the Omer 4996 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8756
Days of the Omer 4997 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8757
Days of the Omer 4998 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8758
Days of the Omer 4999 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8759
Days of the Omer 5000 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8760
Days of the Omer 5001 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8761

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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