Days of the Omer 579 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4339

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4339 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 576 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4336
Days of the Omer 577 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4337
Days of the Omer 578 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4338
Days of the Omer 579 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4339
Days of the Omer 580 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4340
Days of the Omer 581 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4341
Days of the Omer 582 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4342
Days of the Omer 583 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4343
Days of the Omer 584 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4344
Days of the Omer 585 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4345
Days of the Omer 586 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4346

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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