Days of the Omer 5122 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8882

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8882 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 5119 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8879
Days of the Omer 5120 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8880
Days of the Omer 5121 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8881
Days of the Omer 5122 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8882
Days of the Omer 5123 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8883
Days of the Omer 5124 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8884
Days of the Omer 5125 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8885
Days of the Omer 5126 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8886
Days of the Omer 5127 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8887
Days of the Omer 5128 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8888
Days of the Omer 5129 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8889

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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