Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4779 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
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Days of the Omer 1016 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4776 | ||
Days of the Omer 1017 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4777 | ||
Days of the Omer 1018 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4778 | ||
Days of the Omer 1019 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4779 | ||
Days of the Omer 1020 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4780 | ||
Days of the Omer 1021 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4781 | ||
Days of the Omer 1022 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4782 | ||
Days of the Omer 1023 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4783 | ||
Days of the Omer 1024 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4784 | ||
Days of the Omer 1025 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4785 | ||
Days of the Omer 1026 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4786 |
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