Days of the Omer 862 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4622

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4622 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 859 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4619
Days of the Omer 860 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4620
Days of the Omer 861 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4621
Days of the Omer 862 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4622
Days of the Omer 863 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4623
Days of the Omer 864 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4624
Days of the Omer 865 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4625
Days of the Omer 866 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4626
Days of the Omer 867 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4627
Days of the Omer 868 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4628
Days of the Omer 869 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4629

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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