Yom HaShoah 4473 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8233

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8233 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 4470 28 Nisan 8230
Yom HaShoah 4471 26 Nisan 8231
Yom HaShoah 4472 27 Nisan 8232
Yom HaShoah 4473 27 Nisan 8233
Yom HaShoah 4474 26 Nisan 8234
Yom HaShoah 4475 27 Nisan 8235
Yom HaShoah 4476 27 Nisan 8236
Yom HaShoah 4477 28 Nisan 8237

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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