Yom HaShoah 2192 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5952

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5952 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 2189 27 Nisan 5949
Yom HaShoah 2190 28 Nisan 5950
Yom HaShoah 2191 27 Nisan 5951
Yom HaShoah 2192 27 Nisan 5952
Yom HaShoah 2193 28 Nisan 5953
Yom HaShoah 2194 27 Nisan 5954
Yom HaShoah 2195 27 Nisan 5955
Yom HaShoah 2196 27 Nisan 5956

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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