Days of the Omer 1359 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5119

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5119 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 1356 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5116
Days of the Omer 1357 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5117
Days of the Omer 1358 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5118
Days of the Omer 1359 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5119
Days of the Omer 1360 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5120
Days of the Omer 1361 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5121
Days of the Omer 1362 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5122
Days of the Omer 1363 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5123
Days of the Omer 1364 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5124
Days of the Omer 1365 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5125
Days of the Omer 1366 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5126

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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