Days of the Omer 2118 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5878

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5878 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2115 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5875
Days of the Omer 2116 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5876
Days of the Omer 2117 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5877
Days of the Omer 2118 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5878
Days of the Omer 2119 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5879
Days of the Omer 2120 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5880
Days of the Omer 2121 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5881
Days of the Omer 2122 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5882
Days of the Omer 2123 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5883
Days of the Omer 2124 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5884
Days of the Omer 2125 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5885

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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