Yom HaShoah 5809 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9569

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9569 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 5806 27 Nisan 9566
Yom HaShoah 5807 26 Nisan 9567
Yom HaShoah 5808 27 Nisan 9568
Yom HaShoah 5809 27 Nisan 9569
Yom HaShoah 5810 28 Nisan 9570
Yom HaShoah 5811 26 Nisan 9571
Yom HaShoah 5812 27 Nisan 9572
Yom HaShoah 5813 28 Nisan 9573

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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