Yom HaShoah 4441 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8201

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8201 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 4438 27 Nisan 8198
Yom HaShoah 4439 28 Nisan 8199
Yom HaShoah 4440 28 Nisan 8200
Yom HaShoah 4441 27 Nisan 8201
Yom HaShoah 4442 27 Nisan 8202
Yom HaShoah 4443 28 Nisan 8203
Yom HaShoah 4444 27 Nisan 8204
Yom HaShoah 4445 27 Nisan 8205

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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