Yom HaShoah 4292 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8052

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8052 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 4289 27 Nisan 8049
Yom HaShoah 4290 27 Nisan 8050
Yom HaShoah 4291 28 Nisan 8051
Yom HaShoah 4292 27 Nisan 8052
Yom HaShoah 4293 27 Nisan 8053
Yom HaShoah 4294 28 Nisan 8054
Yom HaShoah 4295 27 Nisan 8055
Yom HaShoah 4296 27 Nisan 8056

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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