Days of the Omer 298 / סְפִירַת הָעוֹמֶר 4058

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

Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4058 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 295 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4055
Days of the Omer 296 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4056
Days of the Omer 297 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4057
Days of the Omer 298 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4058
Days of the Omer 299 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4059
Days of the Omer 300 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4060
Days of the Omer 301 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4061
Days of the Omer 302 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4062
Days of the Omer 303 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4063
Days of the Omer 304 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4064
Days of the Omer 305 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4065

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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