Yom HaShoah 5483 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9243

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9243 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 5480 27 Nisan 9240
Yom HaShoah 5481 27 Nisan 9241
Yom HaShoah 5482 28 Nisan 9242
Yom HaShoah 5483 27 Nisan 9243
Yom HaShoah 5484 27 Nisan 9244
Yom HaShoah 5485 28 Nisan 9245
Yom HaShoah 5486 26 Nisan 9246
Yom HaShoah 5487 27 Nisan 9247

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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