Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5339 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 1576 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5336 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1577 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5337 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1578 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5338 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1579 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5339 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1580 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5340 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1581 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5341 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1582 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5342 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1583 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5343 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1584 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5344 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1585 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5345 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1586 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5346 |
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