Torah for the Day
27 Tevet 5785 / Monday, January 27, 2025 International Holocaust Remembrance Day falls today, Jan. 27. A few years ago, I wrote a column comparing this day — International Holocaust Remebrance Day — to Yom HaShoah V’HaG’vurah ~ the Day of Remembering the Holocaust and Resistance, set for the 27th day of Nisan, which usually falls mid-to-late April, just a week or so after Passover. I am reprinting parts of my previous column with edits and updates given what our Jewish world has encountered in the last two years. What’s in a name? Shoah is a biblical Hebrew word for