Yom HaShoah 4466 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8226

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8226 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 4463 28 Nisan 8223
Yom HaShoah 4464 27 Nisan 8224
Yom HaShoah 4465 27 Nisan 8225
Yom HaShoah 4466 27 Nisan 8226
Yom HaShoah 4467 28 Nisan 8227
Yom HaShoah 4468 27 Nisan 8228
Yom HaShoah 4469 27 Nisan 8229
Yom HaShoah 4470 28 Nisan 8230

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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