Yom HaShoah 6847 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 10607

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 10607 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 6844 27 Nisan 10604
Yom HaShoah 6845 28 Nisan 10605
Yom HaShoah 6846 26 Nisan 10606
Yom HaShoah 6847 27 Nisan 10607
Yom HaShoah 6848 27 Nisan 10608
Yom HaShoah 6849 26 Nisan 10609
Yom HaShoah 6850 27 Nisan 10610
Yom HaShoah 6851 27 Nisan 10611

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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