Days of the Omer 994 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4754

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4754 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 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
Days of the Omer 994 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4754
Days of the Omer 995 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4755
Days of the Omer 996 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4756
Days of the Omer 997 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4757
Days of the Omer 998 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4758
Days of the Omer 999 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4759
Days of the Omer 1000 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4760
Days of the Omer 1001 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4761

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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