Days of the Omer 986 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4746

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4746 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 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
Days of the Omer 987 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4747
Days of the Omer 988 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4748
Days of the Omer 989 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4749
Days of the Omer 990 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4750
Days of the Omer 991 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4751
Days of the Omer 992 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4752
Days of the Omer 993 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4753

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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