Yom HaShoah 3089 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6849

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6849 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 3086 28 Nisan 6846
Yom HaShoah 3087 26 Nisan 6847
Yom HaShoah 3088 27 Nisan 6848
Yom HaShoah 3089 27 Nisan 6849
Yom HaShoah 3090 26 Nisan 6850
Yom HaShoah 3091 27 Nisan 6851
Yom HaShoah 3092 27 Nisan 6852
Yom HaShoah 3093 28 Nisan 6853

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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