Yom HaShoah 6522 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10282

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10282 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 6519 27 Nisan 10279
Yom HaShoah 6520 28 Nisan 10280
Yom HaShoah 6521 26 Nisan 10281
Yom HaShoah 6522 27 Nisan 10282
Yom HaShoah 6523 27 Nisan 10283
Yom HaShoah 6524 26 Nisan 10284
Yom HaShoah 6525 27 Nisan 10285
Yom HaShoah 6526 27 Nisan 10286

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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