Days of the Omer 2218 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 5978

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5978 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2215 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5975
Days of the Omer 2216 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5976
Days of the Omer 2217 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5977
Days of the Omer 2218 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5978
Days of the Omer 2219 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5979
Days of the Omer 2220 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5980
Days of the Omer 2221 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5981
Days of the Omer 2222 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5982
Days of the Omer 2223 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5983
Days of the Omer 2224 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5984
Days of the Omer 2225 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5985

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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