Yom HaShoah 7963 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11723

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11723 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 7960 27 Nisan 11720
Yom HaShoah 7961 27 Nisan 11721
Yom HaShoah 7962 28 Nisan 11722
Yom HaShoah 7963 26 Nisan 11723
Yom HaShoah 7964 27 Nisan 11724
Yom HaShoah 7965 28 Nisan 11725
Yom HaShoah 7966 26 Nisan 11726
Yom HaShoah 7967 27 Nisan 11727

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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