Days of the Omer 839 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4599

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4599 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 836 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4596
Days of the Omer 837 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4597
Days of the Omer 838 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4598
Days of the Omer 839 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4599
Days of the Omer 840 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4600
Days of the Omer 841 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4601
Days of the Omer 842 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4602
Days of the Omer 843 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4603
Days of the Omer 844 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4604
Days of the Omer 845 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4605
Days of the Omer 846 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4606

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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