Days of the Omer 504 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4264

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4264 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 501 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4261
Days of the Omer 502 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4262
Days of the Omer 503 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4263
Days of the Omer 504 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4264
Days of the Omer 505 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4265
Days of the Omer 506 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4266
Days of the Omer 507 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4267
Days of the Omer 508 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4268
Days of the Omer 509 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4269
Days of the Omer 510 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4270
Days of the Omer 511 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4271

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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