Yom HaShoah 6378 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10138

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10138 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 6375 28 Nisan 10135
Yom HaShoah 6376 27 Nisan 10136
Yom HaShoah 6377 27 Nisan 10137
Yom HaShoah 6378 27 Nisan 10138
Yom HaShoah 6379 26 Nisan 10139
Yom HaShoah 6380 27 Nisan 10140
Yom HaShoah 6381 27 Nisan 10141
Yom HaShoah 6382 28 Nisan 10142

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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