Yom HaShoah 5106 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8866

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8866 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 5103 28 Nisan 8863
Yom HaShoah 5104 27 Nisan 8864
Yom HaShoah 5105 27 Nisan 8865
Yom HaShoah 5106 28 Nisan 8866
Yom HaShoah 5107 27 Nisan 8867
Yom HaShoah 5108 27 Nisan 8868
Yom HaShoah 5109 28 Nisan 8869
Yom HaShoah 5110 26 Nisan 8870

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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