Yom HaShoah 6112 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9872

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9872 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 6109 26 Nisan 9869
Yom HaShoah 6110 27 Nisan 9870
Yom HaShoah 6111 28 Nisan 9871
Yom HaShoah 6112 26 Nisan 9872
Yom HaShoah 6113 27 Nisan 9873
Yom HaShoah 6114 28 Nisan 9874
Yom HaShoah 6115 28 Nisan 9875
Yom HaShoah 6116 27 Nisan 9876

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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