Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4948 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 1185 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4945 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1186 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4946 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1187 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4947 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1188 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4948 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1189 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4949 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1190 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4950 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1191 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4951 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1192 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4952 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1193 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4953 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1194 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4954 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1195 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4955 |
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