Days of the Omer 1278 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5038

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5038 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 1275 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5035
Days of the Omer 1276 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5036
Days of the Omer 1277 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5037
Days of the Omer 1278 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5038
Days of the Omer 1279 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5039
Days of the Omer 1280 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5040
Days of the Omer 1281 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5041
Days of the Omer 1282 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5042
Days of the Omer 1283 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5043
Days of the Omer 1284 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5044
Days of the Omer 1285 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5045

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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