Yom HaShoah 2762 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6522

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6522 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 2759 27 Nisan 6519
Yom HaShoah 2760 27 Nisan 6520
Yom HaShoah 2761 27 Nisan 6521
Yom HaShoah 2762 26 Nisan 6522
Yom HaShoah 2763 27 Nisan 6523
Yom HaShoah 2764 27 Nisan 6524
Yom HaShoah 2765 28 Nisan 6525
Yom HaShoah 2766 27 Nisan 6526

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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