Yom HaShoah 6565 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10325

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10325 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 6562 27 Nisan 10322
Yom HaShoah 6563 27 Nisan 10323
Yom HaShoah 6564 28 Nisan 10324
Yom HaShoah 6565 28 Nisan 10325
Yom HaShoah 6566 27 Nisan 10326
Yom HaShoah 6567 27 Nisan 10327
Yom HaShoah 6568 28 Nisan 10328
Yom HaShoah 6569 27 Nisan 10329

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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