Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5208 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 1445 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5205 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1446 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5206 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1447 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5207 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1448 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5208 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1449 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5209 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1450 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5210 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1451 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5211 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1452 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5212 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1453 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5213 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1454 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5214 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1455 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5215 |
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