Yom HaShoah 5690 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9450

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9450 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 5687 27 Nisan 9447
Yom HaShoah 5688 28 Nisan 9448
Yom HaShoah 5689 26 Nisan 9449
Yom HaShoah 5690 27 Nisan 9450
Yom HaShoah 5691 27 Nisan 9451
Yom HaShoah 5692 28 Nisan 9452
Yom HaShoah 5693 27 Nisan 9453
Yom HaShoah 5694 27 Nisan 9454

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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