Days of the Omer 3808 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7568

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7568 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 3805 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7565
Days of the Omer 3806 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7566
Days of the Omer 3807 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7567
Days of the Omer 3808 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7568
Days of the Omer 3809 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7569
Days of the Omer 3810 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7570
Days of the Omer 3811 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7571
Days of the Omer 3812 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7572
Days of the Omer 3813 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7573
Days of the Omer 3814 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7574
Days of the Omer 3815 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7575

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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