Yom HaShoah 4136 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7896

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7896 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 4133 26 Nisan 7893
Yom HaShoah 4134 27 Nisan 7894
Yom HaShoah 4135 28 Nisan 7895
Yom HaShoah 4136 28 Nisan 7896
Yom HaShoah 4137 27 Nisan 7897
Yom HaShoah 4138 28 Nisan 7898
Yom HaShoah 4139 28 Nisan 7899
Yom HaShoah 4140 27 Nisan 7900

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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