Yom HaShoah 3487 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7247

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7247 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 3484 27 Nisan 7244
Yom HaShoah 3485 27 Nisan 7245
Yom HaShoah 3486 26 Nisan 7246
Yom HaShoah 3487 27 Nisan 7247
Yom HaShoah 3488 27 Nisan 7248
Yom HaShoah 3489 28 Nisan 7249
Yom HaShoah 3490 26 Nisan 7250
Yom HaShoah 3491 27 Nisan 7251

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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