Yom HaShoah 3379 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7139

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7139 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 3376 27 Nisan 7136
Yom HaShoah 3377 28 Nisan 7137
Yom HaShoah 3378 27 Nisan 7138
Yom HaShoah 3379 27 Nisan 7139
Yom HaShoah 3380 27 Nisan 7140
Yom HaShoah 3381 26 Nisan 7141
Yom HaShoah 3382 27 Nisan 7142
Yom HaShoah 3383 27 Nisan 7143

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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