Yom HaShoah 4180 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7940

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7940 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 4177 27 Nisan 7937
Yom HaShoah 4178 27 Nisan 7938
Yom HaShoah 4179 28 Nisan 7939
Yom HaShoah 4180 26 Nisan 7940
Yom HaShoah 4181 27 Nisan 7941
Yom HaShoah 4182 27 Nisan 7942
Yom HaShoah 4183 28 Nisan 7943
Yom HaShoah 4184 27 Nisan 7944

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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