Yom Hashoah 2012

April 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 April Fools Day Sunday April 1 -14 years, -1 months, -6 days or -5149 days 2 3 4 5 6 Good Friday Friday April 6 -14 years, -1 months, -1 days or -5144 days 7 8 Easter Sunday April 8 -14 years -29 days or -5142 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yom Hashoah Wednesday April 18 -14 years -19 days or -5132 days 19 20 21 22 Earth Day Sunday April 22 -14 years -15 days or -5128 days 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Yom Hashoah for the year 2012 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Tuesday, April 17th ending at sundown on Wednesday, April 18th.

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 2012

Wednesday, April 18th is day number 109 of the 2012 calendar year with -14 years, -19 days until Yom Hashoah 2012.