Yom HaShoah 3096 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6856

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6856 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 3093 28 Nisan 6853
Yom HaShoah 3094 26 Nisan 6854
Yom HaShoah 3095 27 Nisan 6855
Yom HaShoah 3096 28 Nisan 6856
Yom HaShoah 3097 28 Nisan 6857
Yom HaShoah 3098 27 Nisan 6858
Yom HaShoah 3099 27 Nisan 6859
Yom HaShoah 3100 28 Nisan 6860

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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