Yom HaShoah 5746 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9506

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9506 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 5743 28 Nisan 9503
Yom HaShoah 5744 27 Nisan 9504
Yom HaShoah 5745 28 Nisan 9505
Yom HaShoah 5746 28 Nisan 9506
Yom HaShoah 5747 27 Nisan 9507
Yom HaShoah 5748 27 Nisan 9508
Yom HaShoah 5749 28 Nisan 9509
Yom HaShoah 5750 27 Nisan 9510

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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