Days of the Omer 827 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4587

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4587 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 824 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4584
Days of the Omer 825 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4585
Days of the Omer 826 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4586
Days of the Omer 827 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4587
Days of the Omer 828 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4588
Days of the Omer 829 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4589
Days of the Omer 830 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4590
Days of the Omer 831 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4591
Days of the Omer 832 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4592
Days of the Omer 833 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4593
Days of the Omer 834 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4594

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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