Days of the Omer 4228 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 7988

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 7988 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 4225 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7985
Days of the Omer 4226 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7986
Days of the Omer 4227 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7987
Days of the Omer 4228 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7988
Days of the Omer 4229 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7989
Days of the Omer 4230 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7990
Days of the Omer 4231 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7991
Days of the Omer 4232 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7992
Days of the Omer 4233 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7993
Days of the Omer 4234 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7994
Days of the Omer 4235 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 7995

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: A Kabbalistic Meditation Guide

Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz

Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation

Sefer Yetzirah
by Aryeh Kaplan

Toward Sinai: Omer poems

Toward Sinai
by Rachel Barenblat

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