Days of the Omer 1108 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4868

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4868 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 1105 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4865
Days of the Omer 1106 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4866
Days of the Omer 1107 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4867
Days of the Omer 1108 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4868
Days of the Omer 1109 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4869
Days of the Omer 1110 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4870
Days of the Omer 1111 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4871
Days of the Omer 1112 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4872
Days of the Omer 1113 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4873
Days of the Omer 1114 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4874
Days of the Omer 1115 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4875

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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