Yom HaShoah 2571 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6331

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6331 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 2568 27 Nisan 6328
Yom HaShoah 2569 26 Nisan 6329
Yom HaShoah 2570 27 Nisan 6330
Yom HaShoah 2571 27 Nisan 6331
Yom HaShoah 2572 28 Nisan 6332
Yom HaShoah 2573 26 Nisan 6333
Yom HaShoah 2574 27 Nisan 6334
Yom HaShoah 2575 27 Nisan 6335

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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