Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5716 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 1953 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5713 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1954 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5714 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1955 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5715 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1956 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5716 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1957 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5717 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1958 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5718 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1959 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5719 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1960 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5720 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1961 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5721 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1962 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5722 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1963 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5723 |
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