Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5760 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 1997 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5757 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1998 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5758 | ||
| Days of the Omer 1999 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5759 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2000 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5760 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2001 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5761 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2002 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5762 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2003 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5763 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2004 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5764 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2005 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5765 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2006 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5766 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2007 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5767 |
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