Yom HaShoah 3729 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7489

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7489 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 3726 28 Nisan 7486
Yom HaShoah 3727 27 Nisan 7487
Yom HaShoah 3728 27 Nisan 7488
Yom HaShoah 3729 28 Nisan 7489
Yom HaShoah 3730 26 Nisan 7490
Yom HaShoah 3731 27 Nisan 7491
Yom HaShoah 3732 27 Nisan 7492
Yom HaShoah 3733 26 Nisan 7493

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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