Yom HaShoah 2504 / יוֹם הַשּׁוֹאָה 6264

Holocaust Memorial Day ✡️

Yom HaShoah for Hebrew Year 6264 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 2501 28 Nisan 6261
Yom HaShoah 2502 26 Nisan 6262
Yom HaShoah 2503 27 Nisan 6263
Yom HaShoah 2504 28 Nisan 6264
Yom HaShoah 2505 28 Nisan 6265
Yom HaShoah 2506 27 Nisan 6266
Yom HaShoah 2507 28 Nisan 6267
Yom HaShoah 2508 28 Nisan 6268

References

“Yom HaShoah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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