Days of the Omer 137 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3897

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3897 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 134 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3894
Days of the Omer 135 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3895
Days of the Omer 136 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3896
Days of the Omer 137 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3897
Days of the Omer 138 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3898
Days of the Omer 139 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3899
Days of the Omer 140 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3900
Days of the Omer 141 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3901
Days of the Omer 142 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3902
Days of the Omer 143 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3903
Days of the Omer 144 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3904

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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