Yom HaShoah 3474 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7234

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7234 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 3471 27 Nisan 7231
Yom HaShoah 3472 28 Nisan 7232
Yom HaShoah 3473 27 Nisan 7233
Yom HaShoah 3474 27 Nisan 7234
Yom HaShoah 3475 28 Nisan 7235
Yom HaShoah 3476 26 Nisan 7236
Yom HaShoah 3477 27 Nisan 7237
Yom HaShoah 3478 27 Nisan 7238

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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