Yom HaShoah 5040 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8800

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8800 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 5037 27 Nisan 8797
Yom HaShoah 5038 27 Nisan 8798
Yom HaShoah 5039 26 Nisan 8799
Yom HaShoah 5040 27 Nisan 8800
Yom HaShoah 5041 27 Nisan 8801
Yom HaShoah 5042 28 Nisan 8802
Yom HaShoah 5043 26 Nisan 8803
Yom HaShoah 5044 27 Nisan 8804

References

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