Yom HaShoah 6639 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10399

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10399 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 6636 28 Nisan 10396
Yom HaShoah 6637 27 Nisan 10397
Yom HaShoah 6638 27 Nisan 10398
Yom HaShoah 6639 28 Nisan 10399
Yom HaShoah 6640 27 Nisan 10400
Yom HaShoah 6641 27 Nisan 10401
Yom HaShoah 6642 28 Nisan 10402
Yom HaShoah 6643 27 Nisan 10403

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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