Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5557 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 1794 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5554 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1795 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5555 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1796 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5556 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1797 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5557 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1798 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5558 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1799 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5559 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1800 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5560 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1801 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5561 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1802 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5562 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1803 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5563 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1804 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5564 |
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