Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5600 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 1837 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5597 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1838 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5598 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1839 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5599 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1840 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5600 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1841 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5601 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1842 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5602 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1843 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5603 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1844 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5604 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1845 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5605 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1846 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5606 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1847 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5607 |
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