Yom HaShoah 8229 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 11989

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 11989 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 8226 26 Nisan 11986
Yom HaShoah 8227 27 Nisan 11987
Yom HaShoah 8228 27 Nisan 11988
Yom HaShoah 8229 28 Nisan 11989
Yom HaShoah 8230 27 Nisan 11990
Yom HaShoah 8231 27 Nisan 11991
Yom HaShoah 8232 27 Nisan 11992
Yom HaShoah 8233 26 Nisan 11993

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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