Yom HaShoah 5649 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9409

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9409 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 5646 27 Nisan 9406
Yom HaShoah 5647 28 Nisan 9407
Yom HaShoah 5648 28 Nisan 9408
Yom HaShoah 5649 27 Nisan 9409
Yom HaShoah 5650 27 Nisan 9410
Yom HaShoah 5651 28 Nisan 9411
Yom HaShoah 5652 27 Nisan 9412
Yom HaShoah 5653 27 Nisan 9413

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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