Days of the Omer 2496 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6256

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6256 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2493 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6253
Days of the Omer 2494 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6254
Days of the Omer 2495 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6255
Days of the Omer 2496 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6256
Days of the Omer 2497 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6257
Days of the Omer 2498 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6258
Days of the Omer 2499 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6259
Days of the Omer 2500 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6260
Days of the Omer 2501 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6261
Days of the Omer 2502 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6262
Days of the Omer 2503 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6263

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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