Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5388 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 1625 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5385 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1626 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5386 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1627 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5387 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1628 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5388 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1629 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5389 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1630 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5390 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1631 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5391 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1632 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5392 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1633 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5393 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1634 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5394 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1635 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5395 |
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