Yom HaShoah 5944 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9704

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9704 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 5941 27 Nisan 9701
Yom HaShoah 5942 28 Nisan 9702
Yom HaShoah 5943 27 Nisan 9703
Yom HaShoah 5944 27 Nisan 9704
Yom HaShoah 5945 28 Nisan 9705
Yom HaShoah 5946 27 Nisan 9706
Yom HaShoah 5947 27 Nisan 9707
Yom HaShoah 5948 28 Nisan 9708

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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