Yom HaShoah 2956 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6716

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6716 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 2953 27 Nisan 6713
Yom HaShoah 2954 28 Nisan 6714
Yom HaShoah 2955 28 Nisan 6715
Yom HaShoah 2956 27 Nisan 6716
Yom HaShoah 2957 27 Nisan 6717
Yom HaShoah 2958 28 Nisan 6718
Yom HaShoah 2959 27 Nisan 6719
Yom HaShoah 2960 27 Nisan 6720

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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