Yom HaShoah 9702 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 13462

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 13462 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 9699 27 Nisan 13459
Yom HaShoah 9700 27 Nisan 13460
Yom HaShoah 9701 28 Nisan 13461
Yom HaShoah 9702 27 Nisan 13462
Yom HaShoah 9703 27 Nisan 13463
Yom HaShoah 9704 28 Nisan 13464
Yom HaShoah 9705 27 Nisan 13465
Yom HaShoah 9706 27 Nisan 13466

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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