Yom HaShoah 8997 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 12757

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 12757 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 8994 26 Nisan 12754
Yom HaShoah 8995 27 Nisan 12755
Yom HaShoah 8996 27 Nisan 12756
Yom HaShoah 8997 28 Nisan 12757
Yom HaShoah 8998 26 Nisan 12758
Yom HaShoah 8999 27 Nisan 12759
Yom HaShoah 9000 27 Nisan 12760
Yom HaShoah 9001 28 Nisan 12761

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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