Yom HaShoah 2166 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5926

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5926 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 2163 28 Nisan 5923
Yom HaShoah 2164 27 Nisan 5924
Yom HaShoah 2165 27 Nisan 5925
Yom HaShoah 2166 28 Nisan 5926
Yom HaShoah 2167 27 Nisan 5927
Yom HaShoah 2168 27 Nisan 5928
Yom HaShoah 2169 28 Nisan 5929
Yom HaShoah 2170 26 Nisan 5930

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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