Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5540 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 1777 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5537 | ||
Days of the Omer 1778 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5538 | ||
Days of the Omer 1779 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5539 | ||
Days of the Omer 1780 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5540 | ||
Days of the Omer 1781 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5541 | ||
Days of the Omer 1782 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5542 | ||
Days of the Omer 1783 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5543 | ||
Days of the Omer 1784 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5544 | ||
Days of the Omer 1785 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5545 | ||
Days of the Omer 1786 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5546 | ||
Days of the Omer 1787 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5547 |
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