Days of the Omer 819 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4579

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4579 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 816 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4576
Days of the Omer 817 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4577
Days of the Omer 818 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4578
Days of the Omer 819 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4579
Days of the Omer 820 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4580
Days of the Omer 821 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4581
Days of the Omer 822 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4582
Days of the Omer 823 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4583
Days of the Omer 824 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4584
Days of the Omer 825 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4585
Days of the Omer 826 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4586

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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