Yom HaShoah 2323 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6083

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6083 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 2320 27 Nisan 6080
Yom HaShoah 2321 27 Nisan 6081
Yom HaShoah 2322 26 Nisan 6082
Yom HaShoah 2323 27 Nisan 6083
Yom HaShoah 2324 27 Nisan 6084
Yom HaShoah 2325 28 Nisan 6085
Yom HaShoah 2326 26 Nisan 6086
Yom HaShoah 2327 27 Nisan 6087

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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