Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5501 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 1738 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5498 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1739 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5499 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1740 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5500 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1741 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5501 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1742 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5502 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1743 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5503 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1744 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5504 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1745 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5505 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1746 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5506 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1747 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5507 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1748 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5508 |
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