Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5397 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 1634 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5394 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1635 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5395 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1636 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5396 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1637 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5397 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1638 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5398 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1639 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5399 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1640 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5400 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1641 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5401 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1642 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5402 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1643 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5403 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1644 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5404 |
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