Yom HaShoah 9008 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 12768

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 12768 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 9005 27 Nisan 12765
Yom HaShoah 9006 27 Nisan 12766
Yom HaShoah 9007 28 Nisan 12767
Yom HaShoah 9008 28 Nisan 12768
Yom HaShoah 9009 27 Nisan 12769
Yom HaShoah 9010 28 Nisan 12770
Yom HaShoah 9011 28 Nisan 12771
Yom HaShoah 9012 27 Nisan 12772

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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