Yom HaShoah 7938 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11698

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11698 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 7935 26 Nisan 11695
Yom HaShoah 7936 27 Nisan 11696
Yom HaShoah 7937 27 Nisan 11697
Yom HaShoah 7938 28 Nisan 11698
Yom HaShoah 7939 26 Nisan 11699
Yom HaShoah 7940 27 Nisan 11700
Yom HaShoah 7941 28 Nisan 11701
Yom HaShoah 7942 28 Nisan 11702

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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