Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4716 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 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 | ||
| Days of the Omer 956 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4716 | ||
| Days of the Omer 957 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4717 | ||
| Days of the Omer 958 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4718 | ||
| Days of the Omer 959 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4719 | ||
| Days of the Omer 960 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4720 | ||
| Days of the Omer 961 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4721 | ||
| Days of the Omer 962 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4722 | ||
| Days of the Omer 963 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4723 |
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