Yom HaShoah 3551 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7311

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7311 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 3548 27 Nisan 7308
Yom HaShoah 3549 27 Nisan 7309
Yom HaShoah 3550 28 Nisan 7310
Yom HaShoah 3551 27 Nisan 7311
Yom HaShoah 3552 27 Nisan 7312
Yom HaShoah 3553 28 Nisan 7313
Yom HaShoah 3554 26 Nisan 7314
Yom HaShoah 3555 27 Nisan 7315

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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