Yom HaShoah 5161 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 8921

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 8921 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 5158 27 Nisan 8918
Yom HaShoah 5159 27 Nisan 8919
Yom HaShoah 5160 28 Nisan 8920
Yom HaShoah 5161 26 Nisan 8921
Yom HaShoah 5162 27 Nisan 8922
Yom HaShoah 5163 27 Nisan 8923
Yom HaShoah 5164 26 Nisan 8924
Yom HaShoah 5165 27 Nisan 8925

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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