Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 5776 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 2013 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5773 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2014 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5774 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2015 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5775 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2016 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5776 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2017 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5777 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2018 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5778 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2019 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5779 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2020 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5780 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2021 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5781 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2022 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5782 | ||
| Days of the Omer 2023 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5783 |
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