Yom HaShoah 3412 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7172

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7172 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 3409 27 Nisan 7169
Yom HaShoah 3410 27 Nisan 7170
Yom HaShoah 3411 28 Nisan 7171
Yom HaShoah 3412 26 Nisan 7172
Yom HaShoah 3413 27 Nisan 7173
Yom HaShoah 3414 27 Nisan 7174
Yom HaShoah 3415 28 Nisan 7175
Yom HaShoah 3416 27 Nisan 7176

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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