Yom HaShoah 9245 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 13005

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 13005 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 9242 27 Nisan 13002
Yom HaShoah 9243 27 Nisan 13003
Yom HaShoah 9244 28 Nisan 13004
Yom HaShoah 9245 26 Nisan 13005
Yom HaShoah 9246 27 Nisan 13006
Yom HaShoah 9247 27 Nisan 13007
Yom HaShoah 9248 28 Nisan 13008
Yom HaShoah 9249 27 Nisan 13009

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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