Yom HaShoah 2395 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6155

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6155 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 2392 27 Nisan 6152
Yom HaShoah 2393 26 Nisan 6153
Yom HaShoah 2394 27 Nisan 6154
Yom HaShoah 2395 27 Nisan 6155
Yom HaShoah 2396 28 Nisan 6156
Yom HaShoah 2397 26 Nisan 6157
Yom HaShoah 2398 27 Nisan 6158
Yom HaShoah 2399 27 Nisan 6159

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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