Yom HaShoah 8099 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11859

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11859 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 8096 27 Nisan 11856
Yom HaShoah 8097 28 Nisan 11857
Yom HaShoah 8098 27 Nisan 11858
Yom HaShoah 8099 27 Nisan 11859
Yom HaShoah 8100 28 Nisan 11860
Yom HaShoah 8101 26 Nisan 11861
Yom HaShoah 8102 27 Nisan 11862
Yom HaShoah 8103 27 Nisan 11863

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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