Yom HaShoah 3983 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7743

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7743 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 3980 26 Nisan 7740
Yom HaShoah 3981 27 Nisan 7741
Yom HaShoah 3982 27 Nisan 7742
Yom HaShoah 3983 28 Nisan 7743
Yom HaShoah 3984 26 Nisan 7744
Yom HaShoah 3985 27 Nisan 7745
Yom HaShoah 3986 28 Nisan 7746
Yom HaShoah 3987 28 Nisan 7747

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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