Yom HaShoah 3700 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7460

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7460 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 3697 27 Nisan 7457
Yom HaShoah 3698 27 Nisan 7458
Yom HaShoah 3699 28 Nisan 7459
Yom HaShoah 3700 27 Nisan 7460
Yom HaShoah 3701 27 Nisan 7461
Yom HaShoah 3702 28 Nisan 7462
Yom HaShoah 3703 27 Nisan 7463
Yom HaShoah 3704 27 Nisan 7464

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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