Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5314 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 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 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1554 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5314 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1555 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5315 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1556 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5316 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1557 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5317 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1558 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5318 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1559 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5319 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1560 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5320 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1561 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5321 |
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