Yom HaShoah 4167 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7927

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7927 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 4164 27 Nisan 7924
Yom HaShoah 4165 28 Nisan 7925
Yom HaShoah 4166 28 Nisan 7926
Yom HaShoah 4167 27 Nisan 7927
Yom HaShoah 4168 27 Nisan 7928
Yom HaShoah 4169 28 Nisan 7929
Yom HaShoah 4170 27 Nisan 7930
Yom HaShoah 4171 27 Nisan 7931

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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