Yom HaShoah 2310 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6070

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6070 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 2307 27 Nisan 6067
Yom HaShoah 2308 28 Nisan 6068
Yom HaShoah 2309 28 Nisan 6069
Yom HaShoah 2310 27 Nisan 6070
Yom HaShoah 2311 28 Nisan 6071
Yom HaShoah 2312 28 Nisan 6072
Yom HaShoah 2313 27 Nisan 6073
Yom HaShoah 2314 27 Nisan 6074

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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