Yom HaShoah / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 5784 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 2021 26 Nisan 5781
Yom HaShoah 2022 27 Nisan 5782
Yom HaShoah 2023 27 Nisan 5783
Yom HaShoah 2024 28 Nisan 5784
Yom HaShoah 2025 26 Nisan 5785
Yom HaShoah 2026 27 Nisan 5786
Yom HaShoah 2027 27 Nisan 5787
Yom HaShoah 2028 28 Nisan 5788

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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The Third Seder: A Haggadah for Yom Hashoah

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