Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4959 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 1196 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4956 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1197 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4957 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1198 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4958 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1199 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4959 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1200 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4960 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1201 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4961 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1202 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4962 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1203 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4963 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1204 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4964 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1205 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4965 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1206 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4966 |
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