Days of the Omer for Hebrew Year 4736 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 973 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4733 | ||
| Days of the Omer 974 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4734 | ||
| Days of the Omer 975 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4735 | ||
| Days of the Omer 976 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4736 | ||
| Days of the Omer 977 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4737 | ||
| Days of the Omer 978 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4738 | ||
| Days of the Omer 979 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4739 | ||
| Days of the Omer 980 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4740 | ||
| Days of the Omer 981 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4741 | ||
| Days of the Omer 982 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4742 | ||
| Days of the Omer 983 | 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 4743 |
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