Days of the Omer 588 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4348

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4348 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 585 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4345
Days of the Omer 586 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4346
Days of the Omer 587 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4347
Days of the Omer 588 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4348
Days of the Omer 589 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4349
Days of the Omer 590 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4350
Days of the Omer 591 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4351
Days of the Omer 592 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4352
Days of the Omer 593 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4353
Days of the Omer 594 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4354
Days of the Omer 595 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4355

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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