Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5254 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 1491 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5251 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1492 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5252 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1493 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5253 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1494 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5254 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1495 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5255 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1496 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5256 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1497 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5257 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1498 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5258 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1499 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5259 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1500 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5260 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1501 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5261 |
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