Yom HaShoah 2664 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6424

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6424 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 2661 27 Nisan 6421
Yom HaShoah 2662 27 Nisan 6422
Yom HaShoah 2663 28 Nisan 6423
Yom HaShoah 2664 26 Nisan 6424
Yom HaShoah 2665 27 Nisan 6425
Yom HaShoah 2666 27 Nisan 6426
Yom HaShoah 2667 26 Nisan 6427
Yom HaShoah 2668 27 Nisan 6428

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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