Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5261 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 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 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1502 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5262 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1503 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5263 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1504 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5264 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1505 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5265 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1506 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5266 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1507 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5267 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1508 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5268 |
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