Days of the Omer 1948 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5708

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5708 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 1945 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5705
Days of the Omer 1946 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5706
Days of the Omer 1947 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5707
Days of the Omer 1948 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5708
Days of the Omer 1949 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5709
Days of the Omer 1950 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5710
Days of the Omer 1951 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5711
Days of the Omer 1952 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5712
Days of the Omer 1953 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5713
Days of the Omer 1954 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5714
Days of the Omer 1955 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5715

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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