Yom HaShoah 3631 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7391

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7391 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 3628 26 Nisan 7388
Yom HaShoah 3629 27 Nisan 7389
Yom HaShoah 3630 27 Nisan 7390
Yom HaShoah 3631 28 Nisan 7391
Yom HaShoah 3632 26 Nisan 7392
Yom HaShoah 3633 27 Nisan 7393
Yom HaShoah 3634 27 Nisan 7394
Yom HaShoah 3635 28 Nisan 7395

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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