Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5588 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 1825 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5585 | ||
Days of the Omer 1826 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5586 | ||
Days of the Omer 1827 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5587 | ||
Days of the Omer 1828 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5588 | ||
Days of the Omer 1829 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5589 | ||
Days of the Omer 1830 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5590 | ||
Days of the Omer 1831 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5591 | ||
Days of the Omer 1832 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5592 | ||
Days of the Omer 1833 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5593 | ||
Days of the Omer 1834 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5594 | ||
Days of the Omer 1835 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5595 |
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