Days of the Omer 5555 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 9315

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 9315 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 5552 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9312
Days of the Omer 5553 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9313
Days of the Omer 5554 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9314
Days of the Omer 5555 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9315
Days of the Omer 5556 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9316
Days of the Omer 5557 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9317
Days of the Omer 5558 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9318
Days of the Omer 5559 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9319
Days of the Omer 5560 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9320
Days of the Omer 5561 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9321
Days of the Omer 5562 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9322

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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