Days of the Omer 225 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3985

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3985 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 222 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3982
Days of the Omer 223 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3983
Days of the Omer 224 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3984
Days of the Omer 225 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3985
Days of the Omer 226 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3986
Days of the Omer 227 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3987
Days of the Omer 228 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3988
Days of the Omer 229 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3989
Days of the Omer 230 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3990
Days of the Omer 231 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3991
Days of the Omer 232 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3992

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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