Days of the Omer 968 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4728

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4728 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 965 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4725
Days of the Omer 966 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4726
Days of the Omer 967 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4727
Days of the Omer 968 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4728
Days of the Omer 969 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4729
Days of the Omer 970 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4730
Days of the Omer 971 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4731
Days of the Omer 972 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4732
Days of the Omer 973 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4733
Days of the Omer 974 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4734
Days of the Omer 975 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4735

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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