Yom HaShoah 4972 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8732

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8732 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 4969 27 Nisan 8729
Yom HaShoah 4970 27 Nisan 8730
Yom HaShoah 4971 28 Nisan 8731
Yom HaShoah 4972 26 Nisan 8732
Yom HaShoah 4973 27 Nisan 8733
Yom HaShoah 4974 28 Nisan 8734
Yom HaShoah 4975 28 Nisan 8735
Yom HaShoah 4976 27 Nisan 8736

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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