Days of the Omer 1049 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4809

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4809 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 1046 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4806
Days of the Omer 1047 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4807
Days of the Omer 1048 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4808
Days of the Omer 1049 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4809
Days of the Omer 1050 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4810
Days of the Omer 1051 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4811
Days of the Omer 1052 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4812
Days of the Omer 1053 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4813
Days of the Omer 1054 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4814
Days of the Omer 1055 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4815
Days of the Omer 1056 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4816

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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