Days of the Omer 2938 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6698

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6698 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 2935 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6695
Days of the Omer 2936 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6696
Days of the Omer 2937 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6697
Days of the Omer 2938 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6698
Days of the Omer 2939 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6699
Days of the Omer 2940 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6700
Days of the Omer 2941 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6701
Days of the Omer 2942 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6702
Days of the Omer 2943 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6703
Days of the Omer 2944 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6704
Days of the Omer 2945 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6705

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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