Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5734 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 1971 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5731 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1972 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5732 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1973 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5733 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1974 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5734 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1975 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5735 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1976 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5736 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1977 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5737 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1978 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5738 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1979 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5739 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1980 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5740 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1981 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5741 |
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