Yom HaShoah 4049 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7809

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7809 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 4046 27 Nisan 7806
Yom HaShoah 4047 28 Nisan 7807
Yom HaShoah 4048 26 Nisan 7808
Yom HaShoah 4049 27 Nisan 7809
Yom HaShoah 4050 27 Nisan 7810
Yom HaShoah 4051 26 Nisan 7811
Yom HaShoah 4052 27 Nisan 7812
Yom HaShoah 4053 27 Nisan 7813

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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