Yom HaShoah 2633 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6393

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6393 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 2630 28 Nisan 6390
Yom HaShoah 2631 27 Nisan 6391
Yom HaShoah 2632 27 Nisan 6392
Yom HaShoah 2633 28 Nisan 6393
Yom HaShoah 2634 27 Nisan 6394
Yom HaShoah 2635 27 Nisan 6395
Yom HaShoah 2636 28 Nisan 6396
Yom HaShoah 2637 26 Nisan 6397

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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