Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4859 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 1096 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4856 | ||
Days of the Omer 1097 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4857 | ||
Days of the Omer 1098 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4858 | ||
Days of the Omer 1099 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4859 | ||
Days of the Omer 1100 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4860 | ||
Days of the Omer 1101 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4861 | ||
Days of the Omer 1102 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4862 | ||
Days of the Omer 1103 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4863 | ||
Days of the Omer 1104 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4864 | ||
Days of the Omer 1105 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4865 | ||
Days of the Omer 1106 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4866 |
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