Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5608 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 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 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1848 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5608 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1849 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5609 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1850 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5610 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1851 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5611 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1852 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5612 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1853 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5613 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1854 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5614 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1855 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5615 |
Counting the Omer
by Min Kantrowitz
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by Aryeh Kaplan
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