Yom HaShoah 3879 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7639

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7639 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 3876 27 Nisan 7636
Yom HaShoah 3877 27 Nisan 7637
Yom HaShoah 3878 28 Nisan 7638
Yom HaShoah 3879 26 Nisan 7639
Yom HaShoah 3880 27 Nisan 7640
Yom HaShoah 3881 27 Nisan 7641
Yom HaShoah 3882 28 Nisan 7642
Yom HaShoah 3883 27 Nisan 7643

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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