Yom HaShoah 3787 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7547

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7547 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 3784 26 Nisan 7544
Yom HaShoah 3785 27 Nisan 7545
Yom HaShoah 3786 27 Nisan 7546
Yom HaShoah 3787 28 Nisan 7547
Yom HaShoah 3788 27 Nisan 7548
Yom HaShoah 3789 27 Nisan 7549
Yom HaShoah 3790 28 Nisan 7550
Yom HaShoah 3791 28 Nisan 7551

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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