Yom HaShoah 2806 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6566

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6566 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 2803 28 Nisan 6563
Yom HaShoah 2804 27 Nisan 6564
Yom HaShoah 2805 28 Nisan 6565
Yom HaShoah 2806 28 Nisan 6566
Yom HaShoah 2807 27 Nisan 6567
Yom HaShoah 2808 27 Nisan 6568
Yom HaShoah 2809 28 Nisan 6569
Yom HaShoah 2810 27 Nisan 6570

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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