Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5686 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 1923 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5683 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1924 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5684 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1925 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5685 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1926 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5686 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1927 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5687 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1928 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5688 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1929 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5689 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1930 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5690 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1931 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5691 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1932 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5692 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1933 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5693 |
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