Yom HaShoah 6108 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9868

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9868 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 6105 26 Nisan 9865
Yom HaShoah 6106 27 Nisan 9866
Yom HaShoah 6107 27 Nisan 9867
Yom HaShoah 6108 28 Nisan 9868
Yom HaShoah 6109 26 Nisan 9869
Yom HaShoah 6110 27 Nisan 9870
Yom HaShoah 6111 28 Nisan 9871
Yom HaShoah 6112 26 Nisan 9872

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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