Days of the Omer 216 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3976

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3976 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 213 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3973
Days of the Omer 214 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3974
Days of the Omer 215 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3975
Days of the Omer 216 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3976
Days of the Omer 217 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3977
Days of the Omer 218 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3978
Days of the Omer 219 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3979
Days of the Omer 220 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3980
Days of the Omer 221 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3981
Days of the Omer 222 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3982
Days of the Omer 223 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3983

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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