Yom HaShoah 3402 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7162

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7162 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 3399 27 Nisan 7159
Yom HaShoah 3400 27 Nisan 7160
Yom HaShoah 3401 28 Nisan 7161
Yom HaShoah 3402 27 Nisan 7162
Yom HaShoah 3403 27 Nisan 7163
Yom HaShoah 3404 28 Nisan 7164
Yom HaShoah 3405 26 Nisan 7165
Yom HaShoah 3406 27 Nisan 7166

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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