Days of the Omer 1448 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5208

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5208 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 1445 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5205
Days of the Omer 1446 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5206
Days of the Omer 1447 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5207
Days of the Omer 1448 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5208
Days of the Omer 1449 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5209
Days of the Omer 1450 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5210
Days of the Omer 1451 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5211
Days of the Omer 1452 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5212
Days of the Omer 1453 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5213
Days of the Omer 1454 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5214
Days of the Omer 1455 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5215

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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