Yom HaShoah 5632 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9392

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9392 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 5629 27 Nisan 9389
Yom HaShoah 5630 27 Nisan 9390
Yom HaShoah 5631 26 Nisan 9391
Yom HaShoah 5632 27 Nisan 9392
Yom HaShoah 5633 27 Nisan 9393
Yom HaShoah 5634 28 Nisan 9394
Yom HaShoah 5635 26 Nisan 9395
Yom HaShoah 5636 27 Nisan 9396

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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