Yom HaShoah 3856 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7616

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7616 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 3853 27 Nisan 7613
Yom HaShoah 3854 27 Nisan 7614
Yom HaShoah 3855 26 Nisan 7615
Yom HaShoah 3856 27 Nisan 7616
Yom HaShoah 3857 27 Nisan 7617
Yom HaShoah 3858 28 Nisan 7618
Yom HaShoah 3859 26 Nisan 7619
Yom HaShoah 3860 27 Nisan 7620

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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