Days of the Omer 1998 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5758

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5758 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 1995 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5755
Days of the Omer 1996 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5756
Days of the Omer 1997 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5757
Days of the Omer 1998 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5758
Days of the Omer 1999 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5759
Days of the Omer 2000 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5760
Days of the Omer 2001 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5761
Days of the Omer 2002 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5762
Days of the Omer 2003 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5763
Days of the Omer 2004 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5764
Days of the Omer 2005 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5765

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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