Yom HaShoah 2132 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5892

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5892 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 2129 28 Nisan 5889
Yom HaShoah 2130 26 Nisan 5890
Yom HaShoah 2131 27 Nisan 5891
Yom HaShoah 2132 28 Nisan 5892
Yom HaShoah 2133 28 Nisan 5893
Yom HaShoah 2134 27 Nisan 5894
Yom HaShoah 2135 28 Nisan 5895
Yom HaShoah 2136 28 Nisan 5896

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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