Yom HaShoah 6187 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 9947

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 9947 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 6184 27 Nisan 9944
Yom HaShoah 6185 27 Nisan 9945
Yom HaShoah 6186 28 Nisan 9946
Yom HaShoah 6187 27 Nisan 9947
Yom HaShoah 6188 27 Nisan 9948
Yom HaShoah 6189 28 Nisan 9949
Yom HaShoah 6190 27 Nisan 9950
Yom HaShoah 6191 27 Nisan 9951

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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