Yom HaShoah 2055 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5815

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5815 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah (יום הזיכרון לשואה ולגבורה; “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day”), known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel’s day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the actions carried out by Nazi Germany and its accessories, and for the Jewish resistance in that period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day and public holiday. It was inaugurated on 1953, anchored by a law signed by the Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion and the President of Israel Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. It is held on the 27th of Nisan (April/May), unless the 27th would be adjacent to Shabbat, in which case the date is shifted by a day.

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Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 2052 26 Nisan 5812
Yom HaShoah 2053 27 Nisan 5813
Yom HaShoah 2054 27 Nisan 5814
Yom HaShoah 2055 28 Nisan 5815
Yom HaShoah 2056 27 Nisan 5816
Yom HaShoah 2057 27 Nisan 5817
Yom HaShoah 2058 28 Nisan 5818
Yom HaShoah 2059 27 Nisan 5819

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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