Days of the Omer 888 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4648

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4648 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 885 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4645
Days of the Omer 886 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4646
Days of the Omer 887 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4647
Days of the Omer 888 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4648
Days of the Omer 889 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4649
Days of the Omer 890 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4650
Days of the Omer 891 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4651
Days of the Omer 892 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4652
Days of the Omer 893 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4653
Days of the Omer 894 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4654
Days of the Omer 895 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4655

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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