Days of the Omer 2228 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5988

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5988 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 2225 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5985
Days of the Omer 2226 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5986
Days of the Omer 2227 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5987
Days of the Omer 2228 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5988
Days of the Omer 2229 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5989
Days of the Omer 2230 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5990
Days of the Omer 2231 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5991
Days of the Omer 2232 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5992
Days of the Omer 2233 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5993
Days of the Omer 2234 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5994
Days of the Omer 2235 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5995

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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