Yom HaShoah 3916 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7676

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7676 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 3913 27 Nisan 7673
Yom HaShoah 3914 27 Nisan 7674
Yom HaShoah 3915 28 Nisan 7675
Yom HaShoah 3916 28 Nisan 7676
Yom HaShoah 3917 27 Nisan 7677
Yom HaShoah 3918 28 Nisan 7678
Yom HaShoah 3919 28 Nisan 7679
Yom HaShoah 3920 27 Nisan 7680

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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