Yom HaShoah 5465 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9225

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9225 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 5462 26 Nisan 9222
Yom HaShoah 5463 27 Nisan 9223
Yom HaShoah 5464 27 Nisan 9224
Yom HaShoah 5465 28 Nisan 9225
Yom HaShoah 5466 26 Nisan 9226
Yom HaShoah 5467 27 Nisan 9227
Yom HaShoah 5468 28 Nisan 9228
Yom HaShoah 5469 28 Nisan 9229

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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