Yom HaShoah 4044 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7804

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7804 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 4041 28 Nisan 7801
Yom HaShoah 4042 27 Nisan 7802
Yom HaShoah 4043 27 Nisan 7803
Yom HaShoah 4044 28 Nisan 7804
Yom HaShoah 4045 27 Nisan 7805
Yom HaShoah 4046 27 Nisan 7806
Yom HaShoah 4047 28 Nisan 7807
Yom HaShoah 4048 26 Nisan 7808

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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