Yom Hashoah 2016

May 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 Yom Hashoah Wednesday May 4 -8 years, -6 months, -18 days or -3124 days 5 Ascension Day Thursday May 5 -8 years, -6 months, -17 days or -3123 days 6 7 8 Mothers Day Sunday May 8 -8 years, -6 months, -14 days or -3120 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pentecost Sunday May 15 -8 years, -6 months, -7 days or -3113 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Memorial Day Monday May 30 31

Yom Hashoah for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Tuesday, May 3rd ending at sundown on Wednesday, May 4th.

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 2016

Wednesday, May 4th is day number 125 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -6 months, -18 days until Yom Hashoah 2016.