Yom HaShoah 5433 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9193

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9193 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 5430 27 Nisan 9190
Yom HaShoah 5431 28 Nisan 9191
Yom HaShoah 5432 27 Nisan 9192
Yom HaShoah 5433 27 Nisan 9193
Yom HaShoah 5434 28 Nisan 9194
Yom HaShoah 5435 26 Nisan 9195
Yom HaShoah 5436 27 Nisan 9196
Yom HaShoah 5437 27 Nisan 9197

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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