Yom HaShoah 2217 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 5977

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5977 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 2214 28 Nisan 5974
Yom HaShoah 2215 27 Nisan 5975
Yom HaShoah 2216 27 Nisan 5976
Yom HaShoah 2217 28 Nisan 5977
Yom HaShoah 2218 27 Nisan 5978
Yom HaShoah 2219 27 Nisan 5979
Yom HaShoah 2220 28 Nisan 5980
Yom HaShoah 2221 26 Nisan 5981

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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