Days of the Omer 557 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4317

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4317 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 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
Days of the Omer 557 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4317
Days of the Omer 558 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4318
Days of the Omer 559 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4319
Days of the Omer 560 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4320
Days of the Omer 561 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4321
Days of the Omer 562 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4322
Days of the Omer 563 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4323
Days of the Omer 564 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4324

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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