Days of the Omer 248 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4008

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4008 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 245 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4005
Days of the Omer 246 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4006
Days of the Omer 247 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4007
Days of the Omer 248 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4008
Days of the Omer 249 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4009
Days of the Omer 250 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4010
Days of the Omer 251 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4011
Days of the Omer 252 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4012
Days of the Omer 253 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4013
Days of the Omer 254 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4014
Days of the Omer 255 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4015

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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