Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4998 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 1235 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4995 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1236 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4996 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1237 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4997 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1238 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4998 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1239 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4999 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1240 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5000 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1241 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5001 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1242 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5002 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1243 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5003 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1244 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5004 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1245 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5005 |
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