Yom HaShoah 8014 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11774

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11774 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 8011 27 Nisan 11771
Yom HaShoah 8012 27 Nisan 11772
Yom HaShoah 8013 28 Nisan 11773
Yom HaShoah 8014 27 Nisan 11774
Yom HaShoah 8015 27 Nisan 11775
Yom HaShoah 8016 28 Nisan 11776
Yom HaShoah 8017 27 Nisan 11777
Yom HaShoah 8018 27 Nisan 11778

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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