Yom HaShoah 3102 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6862

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6862 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 3099 27 Nisan 6859
Yom HaShoah 3100 28 Nisan 6860
Yom HaShoah 3101 27 Nisan 6861
Yom HaShoah 3102 27 Nisan 6862
Yom HaShoah 3103 28 Nisan 6863
Yom HaShoah 3104 27 Nisan 6864
Yom HaShoah 3105 27 Nisan 6865
Yom HaShoah 3106 27 Nisan 6866

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
The Third Seder: A Haggadah for Yom Hashoah

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