Yom HaShoah 6413 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10173

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10173 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 6410 27 Nisan 10170
Yom HaShoah 6411 27 Nisan 10171
Yom HaShoah 6412 28 Nisan 10172
Yom HaShoah 6413 28 Nisan 10173
Yom HaShoah 6414 27 Nisan 10174
Yom HaShoah 6415 28 Nisan 10175
Yom HaShoah 6416 28 Nisan 10176
Yom HaShoah 6417 27 Nisan 10177

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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