Yom HaShoah 6039 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9799

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9799 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 6036 27 Nisan 9796
Yom HaShoah 6037 28 Nisan 9797
Yom HaShoah 6038 27 Nisan 9798
Yom HaShoah 6039 27 Nisan 9799
Yom HaShoah 6040 28 Nisan 9800
Yom HaShoah 6041 27 Nisan 9801
Yom HaShoah 6042 27 Nisan 9802
Yom HaShoah 6043 28 Nisan 9803

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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