Yom HaShoah 3256 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7016

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7016 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 3253 27 Nisan 7013
Yom HaShoah 3254 27 Nisan 7014
Yom HaShoah 3255 28 Nisan 7015
Yom HaShoah 3256 26 Nisan 7016
Yom HaShoah 3257 27 Nisan 7017
Yom HaShoah 3258 27 Nisan 7018
Yom HaShoah 3259 28 Nisan 7019
Yom HaShoah 3260 27 Nisan 7020

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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