Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5516 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 |
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Days of the Omer 1753 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5513 | ||
Days of the Omer 1754 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5514 | ||
Days of the Omer 1755 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5515 | ||
Days of the Omer 1756 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5516 | ||
Days of the Omer 1757 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5517 | ||
Days of the Omer 1758 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5518 | ||
Days of the Omer 1759 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5519 | ||
Days of the Omer 1760 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5520 | ||
Days of the Omer 1761 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5521 | ||
Days of the Omer 1762 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5522 | ||
Days of the Omer 1763 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5523 |
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