Yom Hazikaron L'shoah V'l'giborah, or Holocaust Martyrs' and
Heroes' Remembrance Day, takes place on the 27th of Nisan. It is
often known simply as Yom HaShoah; "shoah," Hebrew for
destruction, is another name for the Holocaust. This day
commemorates the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust.
At the same time, it marks the anniversary of the heroic Warsaw
Ghetto uprising of 1943. In Israel, a morning siren sounds,
stopping all activity; people stand in honor of those who died.
Jews around the world hold memorials and vigils, often lighting
six candles in honor of the six million Holocaust victims. Many
hold name-reading ceremonies to memorialize those who perished.
Siftei Shlomo Shabbat Hagadol, a compelling translation from The
Lips of Solomon, by Rabbi Shlomo Unsdorfer. This document
explores the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the class
Rabbi Unsdorfer gave on Shabbat Hagadol, 1942. [Shabbat Hagadol,
or the Great Sabbath, is the Sabbath directly before Passover.]
Siftei Shlomo Shabbat Haga