Days of the Omer 979 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4739

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4739 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 976 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4736
Days of the Omer 977 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4737
Days of the Omer 978 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4738
Days of the Omer 979 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4739
Days of the Omer 980 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4740
Days of the Omer 981 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4741
Days of the Omer 982 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4742
Days of the Omer 983 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4743
Days of the Omer 984 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4744
Days of the Omer 985 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4745
Days of the Omer 986 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4746

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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