Days of the Omer 2858 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6618

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6618 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 2855 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6615
Days of the Omer 2856 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6616
Days of the Omer 2857 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6617
Days of the Omer 2858 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6618
Days of the Omer 2859 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6619
Days of the Omer 2860 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6620
Days of the Omer 2861 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6621
Days of the Omer 2862 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6622
Days of the Omer 2863 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6623
Days of the Omer 2864 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6624
Days of the Omer 2865 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6625

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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