Days of the Omer 163 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3923

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3923 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 160 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3920
Days of the Omer 161 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3921
Days of the Omer 162 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3922
Days of the Omer 163 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3923
Days of the Omer 164 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3924
Days of the Omer 165 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3925
Days of the Omer 166 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3926
Days of the Omer 167 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3927
Days of the Omer 168 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3928
Days of the Omer 169 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3929
Days of the Omer 170 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3930

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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