Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5306 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 1543 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5303 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1544 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5304 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1545 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5305 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1546 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5306 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1547 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5307 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1548 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5308 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1549 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5309 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1550 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5310 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1551 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5311 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1552 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5312 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1553 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5313 |
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