Yom HaShoah 3800 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7560

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7560 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 3797 28 Nisan 7557
Yom HaShoah 3798 27 Nisan 7558
Yom HaShoah 3799 27 Nisan 7559
Yom HaShoah 3800 28 Nisan 7560
Yom HaShoah 3801 26 Nisan 7561
Yom HaShoah 3802 27 Nisan 7562
Yom HaShoah 3803 27 Nisan 7563
Yom HaShoah 3804 26 Nisan 7564

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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