Yom HaShoah 2367 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6127

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6127 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 2364 27 Nisan 6124
Yom HaShoah 2365 27 Nisan 6125
Yom HaShoah 2366 28 Nisan 6126
Yom HaShoah 2367 27 Nisan 6127
Yom HaShoah 2368 27 Nisan 6128
Yom HaShoah 2369 28 Nisan 6129
Yom HaShoah 2370 26 Nisan 6130
Yom HaShoah 2371 27 Nisan 6131

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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