Days of the Omer 1818 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5578

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5578 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 1815 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5575
Days of the Omer 1816 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5576
Days of the Omer 1817 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5577
Days of the Omer 1818 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5578
Days of the Omer 1819 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5579
Days of the Omer 1820 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5580
Days of the Omer 1821 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5581
Days of the Omer 1822 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5582
Days of the Omer 1823 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5583
Days of the Omer 1824 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5584
Days of the Omer 1825 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5585

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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