Yom HaShoah 6625 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10385

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10385 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 6622 28 Nisan 10382
Yom HaShoah 6623 27 Nisan 10383
Yom HaShoah 6624 27 Nisan 10384
Yom HaShoah 6625 27 Nisan 10385
Yom HaShoah 6626 26 Nisan 10386
Yom HaShoah 6627 27 Nisan 10387
Yom HaShoah 6628 27 Nisan 10388
Yom HaShoah 6629 28 Nisan 10389

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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