Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5578 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 1815 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5575 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1816 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5576 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1817 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5577 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1818 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5578 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1819 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5579 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1820 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5580 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1821 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5581 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1822 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5582 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1823 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5583 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1824 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5584 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1825 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5585 |
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