Days of the Omer 3438 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7198

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7198 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 3435 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7195
Days of the Omer 3436 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7196
Days of the Omer 3437 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7197
Days of the Omer 3438 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7198
Days of the Omer 3439 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7199
Days of the Omer 3440 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7200
Days of the Omer 3441 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7201
Days of the Omer 3442 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7202
Days of the Omer 3443 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7203
Days of the Omer 3444 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7204
Days of the Omer 3445 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7205

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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