Yom HaShoah 4923 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8683

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8683 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 4920 28 Nisan 8680
Yom HaShoah 4921 26 Nisan 8681
Yom HaShoah 4922 27 Nisan 8682
Yom HaShoah 4923 27 Nisan 8683
Yom HaShoah 4924 28 Nisan 8684
Yom HaShoah 4925 27 Nisan 8685
Yom HaShoah 4926 27 Nisan 8686
Yom HaShoah 4927 28 Nisan 8687

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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