Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5216 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 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 | ||
Days of the Omer 1456 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5216 | ||
Days of the Omer 1457 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5217 | ||
Days of the Omer 1458 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5218 | ||
Days of the Omer 1459 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5219 | ||
Days of the Omer 1460 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5220 | ||
Days of the Omer 1461 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5221 | ||
Days of the Omer 1462 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5222 | ||
Days of the Omer 1463 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5223 |
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