Yom HaShoah 4128 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7888

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7888 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 4125 28 Nisan 7885
Yom HaShoah 4126 26 Nisan 7886
Yom HaShoah 4127 27 Nisan 7887
Yom HaShoah 4128 27 Nisan 7888
Yom HaShoah 4129 28 Nisan 7889
Yom HaShoah 4130 27 Nisan 7890
Yom HaShoah 4131 27 Nisan 7891
Yom HaShoah 4132 28 Nisan 7892

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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