Days of the Omer 944 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4704

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4704 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 941 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4701
Days of the Omer 942 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4702
Days of the Omer 943 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4703
Days of the Omer 944 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4704
Days of the Omer 945 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4705
Days of the Omer 946 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4706
Days of the Omer 947 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4707
Days of the Omer 948 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4708
Days of the Omer 949 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4709
Days of the Omer 950 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4710
Days of the Omer 951 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4711

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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