Days of the Omer 793 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4553

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4553 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 790 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4550
Days of the Omer 791 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4551
Days of the Omer 792 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4552
Days of the Omer 793 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4553
Days of the Omer 794 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4554
Days of the Omer 795 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4555
Days of the Omer 796 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4556
Days of the Omer 797 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4557
Days of the Omer 798 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4558
Days of the Omer 799 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4559
Days of the Omer 800 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4560

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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