Days of the Omer 5912 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 9672

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 9672 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 5909 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9669
Days of the Omer 5910 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9670
Days of the Omer 5911 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9671
Days of the Omer 5912 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9672
Days of the Omer 5913 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9673
Days of the Omer 5914 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9674
Days of the Omer 5915 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9675
Days of the Omer 5916 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9676
Days of the Omer 5917 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9677
Days of the Omer 5918 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9678
Days of the Omer 5919 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 9679

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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