Yom HaShoah 2813 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6573

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6573 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 2810 27 Nisan 6570
Yom HaShoah 2811 27 Nisan 6571
Yom HaShoah 2812 28 Nisan 6572
Yom HaShoah 2813 26 Nisan 6573
Yom HaShoah 2814 27 Nisan 6574
Yom HaShoah 2815 27 Nisan 6575
Yom HaShoah 2816 26 Nisan 6576
Yom HaShoah 2817 27 Nisan 6577

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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