Days of the Omer 956 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4716

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4716 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 953 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4713
Days of the Omer 954 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4714
Days of the Omer 955 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4715
Days of the Omer 956 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4716
Days of the Omer 957 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4717
Days of the Omer 958 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4718
Days of the Omer 959 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4719
Days of the Omer 960 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4720
Days of the Omer 961 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4721
Days of the Omer 962 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4722
Days of the Omer 963 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4723

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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