Yom HaShoah 9366 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 13126

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 13126 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 9363 26 Nisan 13123
Yom HaShoah 9364 27 Nisan 13124
Yom HaShoah 9365 27 Nisan 13125
Yom HaShoah 9366 26 Nisan 13126
Yom HaShoah 9367 27 Nisan 13127
Yom HaShoah 9368 27 Nisan 13128
Yom HaShoah 9369 28 Nisan 13129
Yom HaShoah 9370 26 Nisan 13130

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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