Yom HaShoah 4895 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8655

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8655 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 4892 27 Nisan 8652
Yom HaShoah 4893 28 Nisan 8653
Yom HaShoah 4894 26 Nisan 8654
Yom HaShoah 4895 27 Nisan 8655
Yom HaShoah 4896 27 Nisan 8656
Yom HaShoah 4897 28 Nisan 8657
Yom HaShoah 4898 27 Nisan 8658
Yom HaShoah 4899 27 Nisan 8659

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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