Yom HaShoah 4368 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8128

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8128 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 4365 28 Nisan 8125
Yom HaShoah 4366 27 Nisan 8126
Yom HaShoah 4367 27 Nisan 8127
Yom HaShoah 4368 27 Nisan 8128
Yom HaShoah 4369 26 Nisan 8129
Yom HaShoah 4370 27 Nisan 8130
Yom HaShoah 4371 27 Nisan 8131
Yom HaShoah 4372 28 Nisan 8132

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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