Yom HaShoah 6447 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10207

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10207 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 6444 27 Nisan 10204
Yom HaShoah 6445 27 Nisan 10205
Yom HaShoah 6446 28 Nisan 10206
Yom HaShoah 6447 27 Nisan 10207
Yom HaShoah 6448 27 Nisan 10208
Yom HaShoah 6449 27 Nisan 10209
Yom HaShoah 6450 26 Nisan 10210
Yom HaShoah 6451 27 Nisan 10211

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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