Yom HaShoah 3875 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7635

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7635 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 3872 27 Nisan 7632
Yom HaShoah 3873 27 Nisan 7633
Yom HaShoah 3874 27 Nisan 7634
Yom HaShoah 3875 26 Nisan 7635
Yom HaShoah 3876 27 Nisan 7636
Yom HaShoah 3877 27 Nisan 7637
Yom HaShoah 3878 28 Nisan 7638
Yom HaShoah 3879 26 Nisan 7639

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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