Days of the Omer 2618 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6378

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6378 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 2615 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6375
Days of the Omer 2616 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6376
Days of the Omer 2617 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6377
Days of the Omer 2618 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6378
Days of the Omer 2619 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6379
Days of the Omer 2620 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6380
Days of the Omer 2621 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6381
Days of the Omer 2622 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6382
Days of the Omer 2623 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6383
Days of the Omer 2624 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6384
Days of the Omer 2625 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6385

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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