Yom HaShoah 3897 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7657

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7657 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 3894 27 Nisan 7654
Yom HaShoah 3895 28 Nisan 7655
Yom HaShoah 3896 27 Nisan 7656
Yom HaShoah 3897 27 Nisan 7657
Yom HaShoah 3898 28 Nisan 7658
Yom HaShoah 3899 26 Nisan 7659
Yom HaShoah 3900 27 Nisan 7660
Yom HaShoah 3901 27 Nisan 7661

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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