Yom HaShoah 6543 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10303

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10303 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 6540 28 Nisan 10300
Yom HaShoah 6541 28 Nisan 10301
Yom HaShoah 6542 27 Nisan 10302
Yom HaShoah 6543 27 Nisan 10303
Yom HaShoah 6544 28 Nisan 10304
Yom HaShoah 6545 27 Nisan 10305
Yom HaShoah 6546 27 Nisan 10306
Yom HaShoah 6547 27 Nisan 10307

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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