Days of the Omer 758 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4518

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4518 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 755 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4515
Days of the Omer 756 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4516
Days of the Omer 757 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4517
Days of the Omer 758 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4518
Days of the Omer 759 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4519
Days of the Omer 760 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4520
Days of the Omer 761 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4521
Days of the Omer 762 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4522
Days of the Omer 763 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4523
Days of the Omer 764 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4524
Days of the Omer 765 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4525

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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