Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4708 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 945 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4705 | ||
| Days of the Omer 946 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4706 | ||
| Days of the Omer 947 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4707 | ||
| Days of the Omer 948 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4708 | ||
| Days of the Omer 949 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4709 | ||
| Days of the Omer 950 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4710 | ||
| Days of the Omer 951 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4711 | ||
| Days of the Omer 952 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4712 | ||
| Days of the Omer 953 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4713 | ||
| Days of the Omer 954 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4714 | ||
| Days of the Omer 955 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4715 |
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