Days of the Omer 438 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4198

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4198 began on and ended 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 435 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4195
Days of the Omer 436 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4196
Days of the Omer 437 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4197
Days of the Omer 438 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4198
Days of the Omer 439 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4199
Days of the Omer 440 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4200
Days of the Omer 441 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4201
Days of the Omer 442 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4202
Days of the Omer 443 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4203
Days of the Omer 444 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4204
Days of the Omer 445 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4205

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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