Days of the Omer 4468 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 8228

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8228 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 4465 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8225
Days of the Omer 4466 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8226
Days of the Omer 4467 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8227
Days of the Omer 4468 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8228
Days of the Omer 4469 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8229
Days of the Omer 4470 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8230
Days of the Omer 4471 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8231
Days of the Omer 4472 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8232
Days of the Omer 4473 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8233
Days of the Omer 4474 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8234
Days of the Omer 4475 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8235

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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