Days of the Omer 701 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4461

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4461 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 698 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4458
Days of the Omer 699 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4459
Days of the Omer 700 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4460
Days of the Omer 701 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4461
Days of the Omer 702 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4462
Days of the Omer 703 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4463
Days of the Omer 704 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4464
Days of the Omer 705 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4465
Days of the Omer 706 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4466
Days of the Omer 707 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4467
Days of the Omer 708 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4468

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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