Yom HaShoah 4960 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8720

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8720 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 4957 28 Nisan 8717
Yom HaShoah 4958 27 Nisan 8718
Yom HaShoah 4959 27 Nisan 8719
Yom HaShoah 4960 27 Nisan 8720
Yom HaShoah 4961 28 Nisan 8721
Yom HaShoah 4962 27 Nisan 8722
Yom HaShoah 4963 27 Nisan 8723
Yom HaShoah 4964 28 Nisan 8724

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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