Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4981 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 |
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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 | ||
Days of the Omer 1224 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4984 | ||
Days of the Omer 1225 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4985 | ||
Days of the Omer 1226 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4986 | ||
Days of the Omer 1227 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4987 | ||
Days of the Omer 1228 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4988 |
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