Days of the Omer 198 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3958

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3958 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 195 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3955
Days of the Omer 196 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3956
Days of the Omer 197 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3957
Days of the Omer 198 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3958
Days of the Omer 199 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3959
Days of the Omer 200 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3960
Days of the Omer 201 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3961
Days of the Omer 202 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3962
Days of the Omer 203 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3963
Days of the Omer 204 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3964
Days of the Omer 205 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3965

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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