Yom HaShoah 5815 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9575

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9575 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 5812 27 Nisan 9572
Yom HaShoah 5813 28 Nisan 9573
Yom HaShoah 5814 28 Nisan 9574
Yom HaShoah 5815 27 Nisan 9575
Yom HaShoah 5816 27 Nisan 9576
Yom HaShoah 5817 28 Nisan 9577
Yom HaShoah 5818 27 Nisan 9578
Yom HaShoah 5819 27 Nisan 9579

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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