Days of the Omer 5230 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8990

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8990 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 5227 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8987
Days of the Omer 5228 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8988
Days of the Omer 5229 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8989
Days of the Omer 5230 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8990
Days of the Omer 5231 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8991
Days of the Omer 5232 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8992
Days of the Omer 5233 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8993
Days of the Omer 5234 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8994
Days of the Omer 5235 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8995
Days of the Omer 5236 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8996
Days of the Omer 5237 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8997

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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