Days of the Omer 5255 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 9015

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 9015 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 5252 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9012
Days of the Omer 5253 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9013
Days of the Omer 5254 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9014
Days of the Omer 5255 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9015
Days of the Omer 5256 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9016
Days of the Omer 5257 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9017
Days of the Omer 5258 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9018
Days of the Omer 5259 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9019
Days of the Omer 5260 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9020
Days of the Omer 5261 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9021
Days of the Omer 5262 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9022

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
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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