Days of the Omer 1437 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5197

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5197 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 1434 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5194
Days of the Omer 1435 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5195
Days of the Omer 1436 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5196
Days of the Omer 1437 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5197
Days of the Omer 1438 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5198
Days of the Omer 1439 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5199
Days of the Omer 1440 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5200
Days of the Omer 1441 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5201
Days of the Omer 1442 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5202
Days of the Omer 1443 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5203
Days of the Omer 1444 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5204

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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