Days of the Omer 2988 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 6748

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6748 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 2985 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6745
Days of the Omer 2986 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6746
Days of the Omer 2987 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6747
Days of the Omer 2988 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6748
Days of the Omer 2989 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6749
Days of the Omer 2990 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6750
Days of the Omer 2991 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6751
Days of the Omer 2992 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6752
Days of the Omer 2993 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6753
Days of the Omer 2994 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6754
Days of the Omer 2995 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6755

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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