Days of the Omer 238 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 3998

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 3998 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 235 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3995
Days of the Omer 236 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3996
Days of the Omer 237 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3997
Days of the Omer 238 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3998
Days of the Omer 239 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 3999
Days of the Omer 240 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4000
Days of the Omer 241 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4001
Days of the Omer 242 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4002
Days of the Omer 243 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4003
Days of the Omer 244 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4004
Days of the Omer 245 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4005

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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