We count the Omer for 49 days, starting on the second night of Pesach/Passover and ending with Shavuot. In 2024/5784 the Omer period begins the evening of Tuesday, April 23 and concludes Tuesday, June 11 before sunset.

Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, falls from sundown Saturday, May 25 – sundown Sunday, May 26.

About This Holiday

About the Omer & How to Count the Omer (My Jewish Learning)

Counting the Omer (Exploring Judaism)

Lag B’Omer (Reform Judaism)

Sefirat HaOmer (Chabad)

Classes & Events

Events listed at Eastern Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event by emailing [email protected].

Brotherhood Lag B’Omer (Wise Temple) 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25. Wise Center (8329 Ridge Rd)

Lag B’Omer at the Park (Northern Hills Synagogue) Sunday, May 26. TBA

Self-Guided Practices

49 Steps (Limmud North America)

7 Minutes: A Daily Omer Wellness Practice (Mitsui Collective)

My Omer: 49 Steps to Personal Refinement (Meaningful Life Center)

The Omer Workbook: A 49 Day Self-Care Immersion (Gold Herring)

Further Resources & Tools

Lag B’Omer & Sefirat Ha’Omer Source Sheets (Sefaria)

Omer Ceremonies, Poems, Songs & more (Ritualwell)

What is the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage? (The Conversation)

Writing & Videos on The Omer/Lag B’Omer (The Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust)

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The Yomim

“The Yomim” (plural of “yom,” or days) are a closely-bunched group of modern spring holidays that fall in the weeks after Passover.

Yom HaShoah—which commemorates approximately six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, and the Jewish resistance in that period—is on 27 Nisan, or sunset May 5 – sunset May 6 in 2024/5784.

Yom HaZikaron—Israel’s official remembrance day, traditionally dedicated to fallen soldiers, also extended to civilian victims of terrorism—is on 4 Iyar, or sunset May 12 – sunset May 13 in 2024/5784.

Yom HaAtzmaut—commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948—is on 5 Iyar, corresponding to sunset May 13 – sunset May 14 in 2024/5784.

Yom Yerushalayim—commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli control over the Old City in the aftermath of the June 1967 Six-Day War—is on 28 Iyar, from sunset June 4 – sunset June 5 in 2024/5784.

About These Holidays

Yom Hazikaron: Israel’s Memorial Day | Yom Ha’atzmaut: Israel Independence Day | Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day (My Jewish Learning)

Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikkaron, Yom Haatzma’ut, and Yom Yerushalayim (Exploring Judaism)

Yom HaShoah | Yom HaZikaron & Yom HaAtzmaut (Reform Judaism)

Events

Events listed at Eastern Time and are on Zoom if no location is noted. Submit an event by emailing [email protected].

Never Again is Now: Remembering Today, Tomorrow, & Always (Holocaust & Humanity Center, Mayerson Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service) 2 p.m. Sunday, May 5. Mayerson JCC (8485 Ridge Ave)

The Legacy of Rescue: A Conversation Between Descendants (Holocaust & Humanity Center) 7 p.m. Monday, May 6. Union Terminal (1301 Western Ave, Ste 2101)

Yom HaZikaron (Cincinnati Jewish Federation) 6 p.m. Sunday, May 12. TBA

Yom HaAtzmaut (Cincinnati Jewish Federation) 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14. TBA