Yom HaShoah 5303 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9063

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9063 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 5300 27 Nisan 9060
Yom HaShoah 5301 27 Nisan 9061
Yom HaShoah 5302 28 Nisan 9062
Yom HaShoah 5303 28 Nisan 9063
Yom HaShoah 5304 27 Nisan 9064
Yom HaShoah 5305 27 Nisan 9065
Yom HaShoah 5306 28 Nisan 9066
Yom HaShoah 5307 27 Nisan 9067

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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