Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5479 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 1716 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5476 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1717 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5477 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1718 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5478 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1719 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5479 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1720 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5480 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1721 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5481 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1722 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5482 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1723 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5483 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1724 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5484 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1725 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5485 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1726 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5486 |
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