Yom HaShoah 8317 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 12077

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 12077 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 8314 28 Nisan 12074
Yom HaShoah 8315 27 Nisan 12075
Yom HaShoah 8316 27 Nisan 12076
Yom HaShoah 8317 28 Nisan 12077
Yom HaShoah 8318 27 Nisan 12078
Yom HaShoah 8319 27 Nisan 12079
Yom HaShoah 8320 28 Nisan 12080
Yom HaShoah 8321 27 Nisan 12081

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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