Yom HaShoah 2703 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6463

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6463 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.

Read more from Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 2700 27 Nisan 6460
Yom HaShoah 2701 28 Nisan 6461
Yom HaShoah 2702 27 Nisan 6462
Yom HaShoah 2703 27 Nisan 6463
Yom HaShoah 2704 28 Nisan 6464
Yom HaShoah 2705 27 Nisan 6465
Yom HaShoah 2706 27 Nisan 6466
Yom HaShoah 2707 28 Nisan 6467

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Third Seder
by Irene Lilienheim Angelico

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.