Yom HaShoah 6170 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9930

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9930 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 6167 27 Nisan 9927
Yom HaShoah 6168 28 Nisan 9928
Yom HaShoah 6169 28 Nisan 9929
Yom HaShoah 6170 27 Nisan 9930
Yom HaShoah 6171 27 Nisan 9931
Yom HaShoah 6172 28 Nisan 9932
Yom HaShoah 6173 27 Nisan 9933
Yom HaShoah 6174 27 Nisan 9934

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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