Yom HaShoah 3292 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7052

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7052 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 3289 27 Nisan 7049
Yom HaShoah 3290 28 Nisan 7050
Yom HaShoah 3291 27 Nisan 7051
Yom HaShoah 3292 27 Nisan 7052
Yom HaShoah 3293 28 Nisan 7053
Yom HaShoah 3294 27 Nisan 7054
Yom HaShoah 3295 27 Nisan 7055
Yom HaShoah 3296 28 Nisan 7056

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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