Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4879 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days of the Omer 1116 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4876 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1117 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4877 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1118 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4878 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1119 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4879 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1120 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4880 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1121 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4881 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1122 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4882 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1123 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4883 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1124 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4884 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1125 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4885 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1126 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4886 |
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