Yom HaShoah 3146 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6906

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6906 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 3143 27 Nisan 6903
Yom HaShoah 3144 28 Nisan 6904
Yom HaShoah 3145 26 Nisan 6905
Yom HaShoah 3146 27 Nisan 6906
Yom HaShoah 3147 28 Nisan 6907
Yom HaShoah 3148 28 Nisan 6908
Yom HaShoah 3149 27 Nisan 6909
Yom HaShoah 3150 28 Nisan 6910

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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