Yom HaShoah 3468 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7228

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7228 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 3465 28 Nisan 7225
Yom HaShoah 3466 28 Nisan 7226
Yom HaShoah 3467 27 Nisan 7227
Yom HaShoah 3468 27 Nisan 7228
Yom HaShoah 3469 28 Nisan 7229
Yom HaShoah 3470 27 Nisan 7230
Yom HaShoah 3471 27 Nisan 7231
Yom HaShoah 3472 28 Nisan 7232

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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