Yom HaShoah 2844 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6604

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6604 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 2841 27 Nisan 6601
Yom HaShoah 2842 27 Nisan 6602
Yom HaShoah 2843 28 Nisan 6603
Yom HaShoah 2844 26 Nisan 6604
Yom HaShoah 2845 27 Nisan 6605
Yom HaShoah 2846 28 Nisan 6606
Yom HaShoah 2847 26 Nisan 6607
Yom HaShoah 2848 27 Nisan 6608

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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