Yom HaShoah 4321 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8081

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8081 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 4318 28 Nisan 8078
Yom HaShoah 4319 27 Nisan 8079
Yom HaShoah 4320 27 Nisan 8080
Yom HaShoah 4321 28 Nisan 8081
Yom HaShoah 4322 26 Nisan 8082
Yom HaShoah 4323 27 Nisan 8083
Yom HaShoah 4324 27 Nisan 8084
Yom HaShoah 4325 26 Nisan 8085

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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