Yom HaShoah 7627 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11387

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11387 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 7624 28 Nisan 11384
Yom HaShoah 7625 27 Nisan 11385
Yom HaShoah 7626 28 Nisan 11386
Yom HaShoah 7627 28 Nisan 11387
Yom HaShoah 7628 27 Nisan 11388
Yom HaShoah 7629 27 Nisan 11389
Yom HaShoah 7630 28 Nisan 11390
Yom HaShoah 7631 27 Nisan 11391

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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