Yom HaShoah 4192 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 7952

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 7952 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 4189 28 Nisan 7949
Yom HaShoah 4190 28 Nisan 7950
Yom HaShoah 4191 27 Nisan 7951
Yom HaShoah 4192 28 Nisan 7952
Yom HaShoah 4193 28 Nisan 7953
Yom HaShoah 4194 27 Nisan 7954
Yom HaShoah 4195 27 Nisan 7955
Yom HaShoah 4196 28 Nisan 7956

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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