Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5280 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 1517 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5277 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1518 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5278 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1519 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5279 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1520 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5280 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1521 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5281 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1522 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5282 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1523 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5283 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1524 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5284 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1525 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5285 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1526 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5286 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1527 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5287 |
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