Days of the Omer 999 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4759

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4759 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 996 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4756
Days of the Omer 997 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4757
Days of the Omer 998 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4758
Days of the Omer 999 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4759
Days of the Omer 1000 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4760
Days of the Omer 1001 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4761
Days of the Omer 1002 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4762
Days of the Omer 1003 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4763
Days of the Omer 1004 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4764
Days of the Omer 1005 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4765
Days of the Omer 1006 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4766

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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