Days of the Omer 689 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4449

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4449 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 686 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4446
Days of the Omer 687 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4447
Days of the Omer 688 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4448
Days of the Omer 689 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4449
Days of the Omer 690 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4450
Days of the Omer 691 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4451
Days of the Omer 692 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4452
Days of the Omer 693 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4453
Days of the Omer 694 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4454
Days of the Omer 695 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4455
Days of the Omer 696 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4456

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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