Yom HaShoah 4385 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8145

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8145 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 4382 28 Nisan 8142
Yom HaShoah 4383 28 Nisan 8143
Yom HaShoah 4384 27 Nisan 8144
Yom HaShoah 4385 28 Nisan 8145
Yom HaShoah 4386 28 Nisan 8146
Yom HaShoah 4387 27 Nisan 8147
Yom HaShoah 4388 27 Nisan 8148
Yom HaShoah 4389 28 Nisan 8149

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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