Days of the Omer 1458 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5218

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5218 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 1455 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5215
Days of the Omer 1456 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5216
Days of the Omer 1457 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5217
Days of the Omer 1458 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5218
Days of the Omer 1459 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5219
Days of the Omer 1460 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5220
Days of the Omer 1461 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5221
Days of the Omer 1462 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5222
Days of the Omer 1463 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5223
Days of the Omer 1464 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5224
Days of the Omer 1465 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5225

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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