Yom HaShoah 5658 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9418

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9418 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 5655 26 Nisan 9415
Yom HaShoah 5656 27 Nisan 9416
Yom HaShoah 5657 27 Nisan 9417
Yom HaShoah 5658 26 Nisan 9418
Yom HaShoah 5659 27 Nisan 9419
Yom HaShoah 5660 27 Nisan 9420
Yom HaShoah 5661 28 Nisan 9421
Yom HaShoah 5662 26 Nisan 9422

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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