Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4976 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 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 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1219 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4979 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1220 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4980 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1221 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4981 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1222 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4982 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1223 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4983 |
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