Days of the Omer 1008 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4768

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4768 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 1005 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4765
Days of the Omer 1006 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4766
Days of the Omer 1007 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4767
Days of the Omer 1008 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4768
Days of the Omer 1009 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4769
Days of the Omer 1010 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4770
Days of the Omer 1011 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4771
Days of the Omer 1012 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4772
Days of the Omer 1013 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4773
Days of the Omer 1014 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4774
Days of the Omer 1015 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4775

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
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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