Yom HaShoah 4337 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8097

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8097 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 4334 27 Nisan 8094
Yom HaShoah 4335 28 Nisan 8095
Yom HaShoah 4336 27 Nisan 8096
Yom HaShoah 4337 27 Nisan 8097
Yom HaShoah 4338 28 Nisan 8098
Yom HaShoah 4339 27 Nisan 8099
Yom HaShoah 4340 27 Nisan 8100
Yom HaShoah 4341 28 Nisan 8101

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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