Yom HaShoah 5001 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8761

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8761 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 4998 28 Nisan 8758
Yom HaShoah 4999 26 Nisan 8759
Yom HaShoah 5000 27 Nisan 8760
Yom HaShoah 5001 28 Nisan 8761
Yom HaShoah 5002 28 Nisan 8762
Yom HaShoah 5003 27 Nisan 8763
Yom HaShoah 5004 28 Nisan 8764
Yom HaShoah 5005 28 Nisan 8765

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)
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