Days of the Omer 2808 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6568

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6568 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 2805 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6565
Days of the Omer 2806 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6566
Days of the Omer 2807 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6567
Days of the Omer 2808 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6568
Days of the Omer 2809 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6569
Days of the Omer 2810 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6570
Days of the Omer 2811 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6571
Days of the Omer 2812 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6572
Days of the Omer 2813 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6573
Days of the Omer 2814 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6574
Days of the Omer 2815 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6575

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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