Days of the Omer 1968 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5728

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5728 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 1965 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5725
Days of the Omer 1966 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5726
Days of the Omer 1967 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5727
Days of the Omer 1968 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5728
Days of the Omer 1969 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5729
Days of the Omer 1970 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5730
Days of the Omer 1971 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5731
Days of the Omer 1972 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5732
Days of the Omer 1973 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5733
Days of the Omer 1974 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5734
Days of the Omer 1975 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5735

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: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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