Yom HaShoah 5055 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8815

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8815 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 5052 28 Nisan 8812
Yom HaShoah 5053 27 Nisan 8813
Yom HaShoah 5054 27 Nisan 8814
Yom HaShoah 5055 28 Nisan 8815
Yom HaShoah 5056 28 Nisan 8816
Yom HaShoah 5057 27 Nisan 8817
Yom HaShoah 5058 27 Nisan 8818
Yom HaShoah 5059 28 Nisan 8819

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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