Yom HaShoah 9496 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 13256

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 13256 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 9493 27 Nisan 13253
Yom HaShoah 9494 27 Nisan 13254
Yom HaShoah 9495 28 Nisan 13255
Yom HaShoah 9496 27 Nisan 13256
Yom HaShoah 9497 27 Nisan 13257
Yom HaShoah 9498 28 Nisan 13258
Yom HaShoah 9499 27 Nisan 13259
Yom HaShoah 9500 27 Nisan 13260

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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