Yom HaShoah 8521 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 12281

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 12281 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 8518 27 Nisan 12278
Yom HaShoah 8519 27 Nisan 12279
Yom HaShoah 8520 28 Nisan 12280
Yom HaShoah 8521 27 Nisan 12281
Yom HaShoah 8522 27 Nisan 12282
Yom HaShoah 8523 28 Nisan 12283
Yom HaShoah 8524 26 Nisan 12284
Yom HaShoah 8525 27 Nisan 12285

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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