Days of the Omer 568 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4328

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4328 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 565 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4325
Days of the Omer 566 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4326
Days of the Omer 567 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4327
Days of the Omer 568 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4328
Days of the Omer 569 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4329
Days of the Omer 570 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4330
Days of the Omer 571 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4331
Days of the Omer 572 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4332
Days of the Omer 573 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4333
Days of the Omer 574 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4334
Days of the Omer 575 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4335

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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