Yom HaShoah 4486 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8246

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8246 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.

Read more from Wikipedia

Advertisement

Dates for Yom HaShoah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaShoah 4483 28 Nisan 8243
Yom HaShoah 4484 28 Nisan 8244
Yom HaShoah 4485 27 Nisan 8245
Yom HaShoah 4486 27 Nisan 8246
Yom HaShoah 4487 28 Nisan 8247
Yom HaShoah 4488 27 Nisan 8248
Yom HaShoah 4489 27 Nisan 8249
Yom HaShoah 4490 28 Nisan 8250

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Third Seder
by Irene Lilienheim Angelico

When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.