Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4971 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 1208 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4968 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1209 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4969 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1210 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4970 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1211 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4971 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1212 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4972 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1213 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4973 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1214 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4974 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1215 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4975 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1216 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4976 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1217 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4977 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1218 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4978 |
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