Yom HaShoah 6117 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9877

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9877 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 6114 28 Nisan 9874
Yom HaShoah 6115 28 Nisan 9875
Yom HaShoah 6116 27 Nisan 9876
Yom HaShoah 6117 28 Nisan 9877
Yom HaShoah 6118 28 Nisan 9878
Yom HaShoah 6119 27 Nisan 9879
Yom HaShoah 6120 27 Nisan 9880
Yom HaShoah 6121 28 Nisan 9881

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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