Days of the Omer 1218 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4978

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4978 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 1215 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4975
Days of the Omer 1216 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4976
Days of the Omer 1217 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4977
Days of the Omer 1218 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4978
Days of the Omer 1219 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4979
Days of the Omer 1220 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4980
Days of the Omer 1221 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4981
Days of the Omer 1222 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4982
Days of the Omer 1223 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4983
Days of the Omer 1224 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4984
Days of the Omer 1225 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4985

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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