Days of the Omer 728 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4488

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4488 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 725 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4485
Days of the Omer 726 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4486
Days of the Omer 727 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4487
Days of the Omer 728 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4488
Days of the Omer 729 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4489
Days of the Omer 730 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4490
Days of the Omer 731 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4491
Days of the Omer 732 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4492
Days of the Omer 733 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4493
Days of the Omer 734 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4494
Days of the Omer 735 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4495

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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