Yom HaShoah 5600 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9360

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9360 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 5597 28 Nisan 9357
Yom HaShoah 5598 27 Nisan 9358
Yom HaShoah 5599 27 Nisan 9359
Yom HaShoah 5600 28 Nisan 9360
Yom HaShoah 5601 27 Nisan 9361
Yom HaShoah 5602 27 Nisan 9362
Yom HaShoah 5603 28 Nisan 9363
Yom HaShoah 5604 26 Nisan 9364

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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