Days of the Omer 628 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4388

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4388 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 625 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4385
Days of the Omer 626 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4386
Days of the Omer 627 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4387
Days of the Omer 628 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4388
Days of the Omer 629 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4389
Days of the Omer 630 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4390
Days of the Omer 631 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4391
Days of the Omer 632 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4392
Days of the Omer 633 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4393
Days of the Omer 634 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4394
Days of the Omer 635 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4395

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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