Days of the Omer 1238 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4998

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4998 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 1235 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4995
Days of the Omer 1236 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4996
Days of the Omer 1237 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4997
Days of the Omer 1238 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4998
Days of the Omer 1239 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4999
Days of the Omer 1240 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5000
Days of the Omer 1241 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5001
Days of the Omer 1242 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5002
Days of the Omer 1243 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5003
Days of the Omer 1244 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5004
Days of the Omer 1245 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5005

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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