Yom HaShoah 4940 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8700

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8700 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 4937 28 Nisan 8697
Yom HaShoah 4938 27 Nisan 8698
Yom HaShoah 4939 27 Nisan 8699
Yom HaShoah 4940 27 Nisan 8700
Yom HaShoah 4941 26 Nisan 8701
Yom HaShoah 4942 27 Nisan 8702
Yom HaShoah 4943 27 Nisan 8703
Yom HaShoah 4944 28 Nisan 8704

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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