Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 6940 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 3177 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6937 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3178 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6938 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3179 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6939 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3180 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6940 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3181 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6941 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3182 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6942 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3183 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6943 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3184 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6944 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3185 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6945 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3186 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6946 | ||
| Days of the Omer 3187 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 6947 |
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