Yom HaShoah 2495 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6255

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6255 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 2492 27 Nisan 6252
Yom HaShoah 2493 27 Nisan 6253
Yom HaShoah 2494 28 Nisan 6254
Yom HaShoah 2495 26 Nisan 6255
Yom HaShoah 2496 27 Nisan 6256
Yom HaShoah 2497 27 Nisan 6257
Yom HaShoah 2498 26 Nisan 6258
Yom HaShoah 2499 27 Nisan 6259

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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