Yom HaShoah 3886 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7646

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7646 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 3883 27 Nisan 7643
Yom HaShoah 3884 27 Nisan 7644
Yom HaShoah 3885 28 Nisan 7645
Yom HaShoah 3886 26 Nisan 7646
Yom HaShoah 3887 27 Nisan 7647
Yom HaShoah 3888 28 Nisan 7648
Yom HaShoah 3889 28 Nisan 7649
Yom HaShoah 3890 27 Nisan 7650

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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