Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5288 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 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 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1528 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5288 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1529 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5289 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1530 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5290 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1531 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5291 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1532 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5292 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1533 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5293 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1534 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5294 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1535 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5295 |
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