Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 8616 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 4853 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8613 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4854 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8614 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4855 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8615 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4856 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8616 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4857 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8617 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4858 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8618 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4859 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8619 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4860 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8620 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4861 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8621 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4862 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8622 | ||
| Days of the Omer 4863 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 8623 |
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