Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4920 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 1157 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4917 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1158 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4918 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1159 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4919 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1160 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4920 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1161 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4921 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1162 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4922 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1163 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4923 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1164 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4924 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1165 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4925 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1166 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4926 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1167 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4927 |
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