Yom HaShoah 9868 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 13628

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 13628 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 9865 27 Nisan 13625
Yom HaShoah 9866 27 Nisan 13626
Yom HaShoah 9867 28 Nisan 13627
Yom HaShoah 9868 27 Nisan 13628
Yom HaShoah 9869 27 Nisan 13629
Yom HaShoah 9870 28 Nisan 13630
Yom HaShoah 9871 26 Nisan 13631
Yom HaShoah 9872 27 Nisan 13632

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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