Yom HaShoah 4599 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8359

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8359 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 4596 26 Nisan 8356
Yom HaShoah 4597 27 Nisan 8357
Yom HaShoah 4598 27 Nisan 8358
Yom HaShoah 4599 28 Nisan 8359
Yom HaShoah 4600 26 Nisan 8360
Yom HaShoah 4601 27 Nisan 8361
Yom HaShoah 4602 28 Nisan 8362
Yom HaShoah 4603 26 Nisan 8363

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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