Yom HaShoah 6355 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10115

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10115 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 6352 26 Nisan 10112
Yom HaShoah 6353 27 Nisan 10113
Yom HaShoah 6354 27 Nisan 10114
Yom HaShoah 6355 26 Nisan 10115
Yom HaShoah 6356 27 Nisan 10116
Yom HaShoah 6357 27 Nisan 10117
Yom HaShoah 6358 28 Nisan 10118
Yom HaShoah 6359 26 Nisan 10119

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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