Yom HaShoah 3542 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7302

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7302 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 3539 27 Nisan 7299
Yom HaShoah 3540 28 Nisan 7300
Yom HaShoah 3541 27 Nisan 7301
Yom HaShoah 3542 27 Nisan 7302
Yom HaShoah 3543 28 Nisan 7303
Yom HaShoah 3544 28 Nisan 7304
Yom HaShoah 3545 27 Nisan 7305
Yom HaShoah 3546 28 Nisan 7306

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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