Days of the Omer 1988 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5748

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5748 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 1985 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5745
Days of the Omer 1986 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5746
Days of the Omer 1987 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5747
Days of the Omer 1988 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5748
Days of the Omer 1989 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5749
Days of the Omer 1990 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5750
Days of the Omer 1991 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5751
Days of the Omer 1992 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5752
Days of the Omer 1993 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5753
Days of the Omer 1994 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5754
Days of the Omer 1995 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5755

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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