Days of the Omer 1718 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5478

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5478 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 1715 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5475
Days of the Omer 1716 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5476
Days of the Omer 1717 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5477
Days of the Omer 1718 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5478
Days of the Omer 1719 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5479
Days of the Omer 1720 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5480
Days of the Omer 1721 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5481
Days of the Omer 1722 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5482
Days of the Omer 1723 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5483
Days of the Omer 1724 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5484
Days of the Omer 1725 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5485

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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