Dates
Yom HaShoah 2025
Begins at sundown on April 23, 2025 and ends at nightfall on April 24, 2025.
Starts
April 23, 2025
at sundown
Ends
April 24, 2025
at nightfall
Length
1 day
work permitted
Years on file
7 years
2024 to 2030
Yom HaShoah 2025 ended on April 24, 2025. The dates, times and customs below are kept as a record.
Next: Yom HaShoah 2027, sundown May 3, 2027 →Israel or the diaspora?
Observed as a state day in Israel. Many diaspora communities mark it too, though some also observe international Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January.
Yom HaShoah is Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, set by the Knesset on 27 Nisan. It is a day of state ceremonies, testimony and public reading of names.
On the ground
What happens in Israel
A two-minute siren sounds at 10am and the country stops where it stands: drivers get out of their cars on the motorway and stand in silence. Places of entertainment are closed the evening before.
Every year on file
Yom HaShoah in other years
The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, so the Gregorian date moves by up to a month from year to year but stays in the same season.
The rest of 2025
Other Jewish holidays in 2025
8 of the 14 other dates on the 2025 calendar, in the order they fall. Each has its own page for 2025.
February 13, 2025
Tu BiShvat 2025
The new year of the trees. Tree planting in Israel and eating the fruits of the land.
March 14, 2025
Purim 2025
Celebrates the rescue of the Jews of Persia as told in the Book of Esther. Megillah readings, costumes, mishloach manot and festive meals.
April 13, 2025
Passover (Pesach) 2025
The festival of freedom, marking the Exodus from Egypt. Seder nights, matzah, and no chametz for eight days (seven in Israel).
April 30, 2025
Yom HaZikaron 2025
Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, the day before Independence Day.
May 1, 2025
Yom HaAtzmaut 2025
Israel's Independence Day, marking the declaration of the state in 1948.
May 16, 2025
Lag BaOmer 2025
The 33rd day of the Omer count. Bonfires, weddings and celebrations at Mount Meron.
June 2, 2025
Shavuot 2025
The festival of receiving the Torah at Sinai. All-night learning and dairy foods. Two days in the diaspora, one in Israel.
August 3, 2025
Tisha B'Av 2025
Fast day mourning the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. If the 9th of Av falls on Shabbat, the fast is observed on Sunday.
Frequently asked questions
When is Yom HaShoah 2025?+
Yom HaShoah 2025 begins at sundown on April 23, 2025 and ends at nightfall on April 24, 2025. Jewish days start in the evening, so the first full day is April 24, 2025.
How long is Yom HaShoah?+
1 day. Observed as a state day in Israel. Many diaspora communities mark it too, though some also observe international Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January.
Is Yom HaShoah different in Israel?+
Observed as a state day in Israel. Many diaspora communities mark it too, though some also observe international Holocaust Remembrance Day on 27 January.
What happens in Israel on Yom HaShoah?+
A two-minute siren sounds at 10am and the country stops where it stands: drivers get out of their cars on the motorway and stand in silence. Places of entertainment are closed the evening before.