Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5016 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 1253 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5013 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1254 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5014 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1255 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5015 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1256 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5016 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1257 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5017 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1258 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5018 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1259 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5019 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1260 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5020 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1261 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5021 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1262 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5022 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1263 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5023 |
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