Yom HaShoah 3531 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7291

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7291 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 3528 27 Nisan 7288
Yom HaShoah 3529 27 Nisan 7289
Yom HaShoah 3530 26 Nisan 7290
Yom HaShoah 3531 27 Nisan 7291
Yom HaShoah 3532 27 Nisan 7292
Yom HaShoah 3533 28 Nisan 7293
Yom HaShoah 3534 26 Nisan 7294
Yom HaShoah 3535 27 Nisan 7295

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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