Days of the Omer 669 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4429

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4429 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 666 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4426
Days of the Omer 667 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4427
Days of the Omer 668 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4428
Days of the Omer 669 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4429
Days of the Omer 670 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4430
Days of the Omer 671 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4431
Days of the Omer 672 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4432
Days of the Omer 673 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4433
Days of the Omer 674 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4434
Days of the Omer 675 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4435
Days of the Omer 676 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4436

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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