Yom Hashoah 2008

May 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Ascension Day Thursday May 1 -16 years, -5 months, -29 days or -6026 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pentecost Sunday May 11 -16 years, -5 months, -19 days or -6016 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Memorial Day Monday May 26 27 28 29 30 31

Yom Hashoah for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Wednesday, April 30th ending at sundown on Thursday, May 1st.

Yom Hashoah also called Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the lives of the Jewish people who died in the Holocaust of World War 2. This day is remembered in the Hebrew calendar on 27th day of Nisan.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Yom Hashoah 2008

Thursday, May 1st is day number 122 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -5 months, -29 days until Yom Hashoah 2008.