Yom HaShoah 6458 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10218

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10218 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 6455 27 Nisan 10215
Yom HaShoah 6456 28 Nisan 10216
Yom HaShoah 6457 26 Nisan 10217
Yom HaShoah 6458 27 Nisan 10218
Yom HaShoah 6459 28 Nisan 10219
Yom HaShoah 6460 28 Nisan 10220
Yom HaShoah 6461 27 Nisan 10221
Yom HaShoah 6462 27 Nisan 10222

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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