Yom HaShoah 2157 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5917

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5917 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 2154 27 Nisan 5914
Yom HaShoah 2155 27 Nisan 5915
Yom HaShoah 2156 28 Nisan 5916
Yom HaShoah 2157 26 Nisan 5917
Yom HaShoah 2158 27 Nisan 5918
Yom HaShoah 2159 28 Nisan 5919
Yom HaShoah 2160 28 Nisan 5920
Yom HaShoah 2161 27 Nisan 5921

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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