Yom HaShoah 3480 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7240

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7240 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 3477 27 Nisan 7237
Yom HaShoah 3478 27 Nisan 7238
Yom HaShoah 3479 28 Nisan 7239
Yom HaShoah 3480 27 Nisan 7240
Yom HaShoah 3481 27 Nisan 7241
Yom HaShoah 3482 28 Nisan 7242
Yom HaShoah 3483 26 Nisan 7243
Yom HaShoah 3484 27 Nisan 7244

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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