Days of the Omer 779 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4539

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4539 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 776 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4536
Days of the Omer 777 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4537
Days of the Omer 778 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4538
Days of the Omer 779 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4539
Days of the Omer 780 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4540
Days of the Omer 781 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4541
Days of the Omer 782 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4542
Days of the Omer 783 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4543
Days of the Omer 784 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4544
Days of the Omer 785 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4545
Days of the Omer 786 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4546

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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