Yom HaShoah 3057 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6817

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6817 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 3054 27 Nisan 6814
Yom HaShoah 3055 27 Nisan 6815
Yom HaShoah 3056 28 Nisan 6816
Yom HaShoah 3057 27 Nisan 6817
Yom HaShoah 3058 27 Nisan 6818
Yom HaShoah 3059 28 Nisan 6819
Yom HaShoah 3060 26 Nisan 6820
Yom HaShoah 3061 27 Nisan 6821

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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