Days of the Omer 1878 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5638

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5638 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 1875 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5635
Days of the Omer 1876 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5636
Days of the Omer 1877 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5637
Days of the Omer 1878 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5638
Days of the Omer 1879 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5639
Days of the Omer 1880 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5640
Days of the Omer 1881 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5641
Days of the Omer 1882 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5642
Days of the Omer 1883 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5643
Days of the Omer 1884 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5644
Days of the Omer 1885 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5645

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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