Days of the Omer 1428 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5188

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5188 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 1425 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5185
Days of the Omer 1426 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5186
Days of the Omer 1427 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5187
Days of the Omer 1428 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5188
Days of the Omer 1429 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5189
Days of the Omer 1430 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5190
Days of the Omer 1431 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5191
Days of the Omer 1432 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5192
Days of the Omer 1433 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5193
Days of the Omer 1434 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5194
Days of the Omer 1435 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5195

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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