Yom HaShoah 3392 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7152

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7152 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 3389 27 Nisan 7149
Yom HaShoah 3390 27 Nisan 7150
Yom HaShoah 3391 28 Nisan 7151
Yom HaShoah 3392 26 Nisan 7152
Yom HaShoah 3393 27 Nisan 7153
Yom HaShoah 3394 28 Nisan 7154
Yom HaShoah 3395 28 Nisan 7155
Yom HaShoah 3396 27 Nisan 7156

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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