Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5657 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 1894 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5654 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1895 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5655 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1896 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5656 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1897 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5657 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1898 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5658 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1899 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5659 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1900 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5660 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1901 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5661 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1902 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5662 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1903 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5663 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1904 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5664 |
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