Yom HaShoah 6481 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10241

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10241 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 6478 27 Nisan 10238
Yom HaShoah 6479 27 Nisan 10239
Yom HaShoah 6480 28 Nisan 10240
Yom HaShoah 6481 26 Nisan 10241
Yom HaShoah 6482 27 Nisan 10242
Yom HaShoah 6483 28 Nisan 10243
Yom HaShoah 6484 28 Nisan 10244
Yom HaShoah 6485 27 Nisan 10245

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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