Yom HaShoah 2339 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6099

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6099 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 2336 27 Nisan 6096
Yom HaShoah 2337 27 Nisan 6097
Yom HaShoah 2338 28 Nisan 6098
Yom HaShoah 2339 28 Nisan 6099
Yom HaShoah 2340 27 Nisan 6100
Yom HaShoah 2341 27 Nisan 6101
Yom HaShoah 2342 28 Nisan 6102
Yom HaShoah 2343 27 Nisan 6103

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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