Days of the Omer 549 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4309

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4309 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 546 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4306
Days of the Omer 547 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4307
Days of the Omer 548 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4308
Days of the Omer 549 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4309
Days of the Omer 550 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4310
Days of the Omer 551 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4311
Days of the Omer 552 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4312
Days of the Omer 553 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4313
Days of the Omer 554 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4314
Days of the Omer 555 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4315
Days of the Omer 556 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4316

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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