Yom HaShoah 6064 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9824

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9824 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 6061 28 Nisan 9821
Yom HaShoah 6062 27 Nisan 9822
Yom HaShoah 6063 27 Nisan 9823
Yom HaShoah 6064 28 Nisan 9824
Yom HaShoah 6065 27 Nisan 9825
Yom HaShoah 6066 27 Nisan 9826
Yom HaShoah 6067 28 Nisan 9827
Yom HaShoah 6068 27 Nisan 9828

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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