Days of the Omer 799 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4559

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4559 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 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
Days of the Omer 801 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4561
Days of the Omer 802 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4562
Days of the Omer 803 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4563
Days of the Omer 804 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4564
Days of the Omer 805 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4565
Days of the Omer 806 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4566

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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