Yom HaShoah 3537 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7297

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7297 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 3534 26 Nisan 7294
Yom HaShoah 3535 27 Nisan 7295
Yom HaShoah 3536 27 Nisan 7296
Yom HaShoah 3537 28 Nisan 7297
Yom HaShoah 3538 27 Nisan 7298
Yom HaShoah 3539 27 Nisan 7299
Yom HaShoah 3540 28 Nisan 7300
Yom HaShoah 3541 27 Nisan 7301

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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