Days of the Omer 2948 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6708

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6708 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 2945 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6705
Days of the Omer 2946 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6706
Days of the Omer 2947 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6707
Days of the Omer 2948 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6708
Days of the Omer 2949 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6709
Days of the Omer 2950 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6710
Days of the Omer 2951 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6711
Days of the Omer 2952 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6712
Days of the Omer 2953 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6713
Days of the Omer 2954 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6714
Days of the Omer 2955 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6715

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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