Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5743 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 1980 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5740 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1981 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5741 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1982 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5742 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1983 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5743 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1984 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5744 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1985 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5745 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1986 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5746 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1987 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5747 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1988 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5748 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1989 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5749 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1990 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5750 |
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