Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4939 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 1176 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4936 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1177 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4937 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1178 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4938 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1179 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4939 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1180 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4940 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1181 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4941 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1182 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4942 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1183 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4943 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1184 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4944 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1185 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4945 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1186 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4946 |
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