Yom HaShoah 9345 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 13105

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 13105 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 9342 28 Nisan 13102
Yom HaShoah 9343 26 Nisan 13103
Yom HaShoah 9344 27 Nisan 13104
Yom HaShoah 9345 27 Nisan 13105
Yom HaShoah 9346 28 Nisan 13106
Yom HaShoah 9347 27 Nisan 13107
Yom HaShoah 9348 27 Nisan 13108
Yom HaShoah 9349 28 Nisan 13109

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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