Days of the Omer 309 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4069

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4069 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 306 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4066
Days of the Omer 307 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4067
Days of the Omer 308 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4068
Days of the Omer 309 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4069
Days of the Omer 310 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4070
Days of the Omer 311 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4071
Days of the Omer 312 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4072
Days of the Omer 313 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4073
Days of the Omer 314 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4074
Days of the Omer 315 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4075
Days of the Omer 316 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4076

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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