Yom HaShoah 3685 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7445

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7445 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 3682 28 Nisan 7442
Yom HaShoah 3683 26 Nisan 7443
Yom HaShoah 3684 27 Nisan 7444
Yom HaShoah 3685 28 Nisan 7445
Yom HaShoah 3686 26 Nisan 7446
Yom HaShoah 3687 27 Nisan 7447
Yom HaShoah 3688 27 Nisan 7448
Yom HaShoah 3689 28 Nisan 7449

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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