Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5638 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 1875 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5635 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1876 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5636 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1877 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5637 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1878 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5638 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1879 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5639 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1880 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5640 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1881 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5641 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1882 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5642 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1883 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5643 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1884 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5644 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1885 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5645 |
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