Yom Kippur 2026: Our Holiday Hours, and a Door Check Before You Leave the House

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins at sundown on Sunday, September 20, 2026 and ends at nightfall on Monday, September 21. Our team is off for all of it. Here is when we are closed and when we are back, a little about the day itself, and a short door check worth five minutes before you leave the house for a long day.

Yom Kippur holiday hours

Yom Kippur runs from Sunday evening into Monday night this year, which covers two of our regular working days. Our hours are otherwise unchanged.

• Sunday, September 20: closed. We are normally open on Sundays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, so please note the change. Yom Kippur begins at sundown that evening.
• Monday, September 21: closed for Yom Kippur. We are normally open on Mondays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
• Tuesday, September 22: back to our regular hours from 9:00 AM.
• While we are closed you can still send us a message through our contact page, and we will pick it up on Tuesday morning.

What is Yom Kippur?

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the most solemn day of the Jewish year. It falls on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, closing the ten days that begin with Rosh Hashanah, and this year it is the tenth of Tishrei, 5787.

In Metro Detroit, candles are lit at 7:15 PM on Sunday, September 20, and the day ends at 8:13 PM on Monday, September 21 (times from Hebcal). The fast runs from before sundown on Sunday until nightfall on Monday, so it takes in a full day and a little more.

A few of the customs you may come across:

• A fast from food and drink, kept from before sundown on Sunday until nightfall on Monday.
• Most of the day spent in synagogue, ending with the Neilah service and a long blast of the shofar.
• White clothing, worn by many to mark the day.
• "G'mar chatima tova", a wish that you be sealed for good in the year ahead.
• "Have an easy fast", the everyday English greeting for the day.

A five minute door check before a long day out

Yom Kippur means a long stretch away from the house for a lot of families here, and so does any full day out. None of the following needs tools, and all of it happens at your own front door. It is worth doing once, because most of what it turns up stays fixed.

• Throw the deadbolt rather than just pulling the door shut. The spring latch on the handleset is shaped to slide past a strike, which is exactly why it can be worked back from outside. The deadbolt is the lock that resists a shoulder, and it only counts if somebody turns it.
• Check that the deadbolt seats all the way. With the door closed, turn the key or the thumbturn slowly. The bolt should slide fully home without you lifting, leaning on or pulling the door. If it only turns when you push, the bolt and the strike have drifted out of line and the bolt is not going in as far as it looks.
• Look at the screws in the strike plate. The screws that come in the box are often short enough to bite the jamb trim and nothing else. Screws long enough to reach the framing behind the jamb are what stop a forced door taking the whole strike with it. If yours are short, that is a small job worth putting on the list.
• Lock the patio or sliding door, then look for a second stop. A sliding panel can sometimes be lifted or jiggled far enough in its track for the latch to let go. A bar cut to length in the track, or a pin through the frame, holds the panel even if the latch is beaten.
• Move the spare key off the porch. Under the mat, above the frame and in the nearest flowerpot are the first three places anyone looks. A neighbor's kitchen drawer is a better place for it.

See you Tuesday

If a door gives you trouble while we are closed, send us the details through our contact page. Your message will be waiting for us when we open on Tuesday, September 22 at 9:00 AM.

Once we are back, you can ask about anything the check turned up, from a deadbolt that no longer lines up with its strike to a sliding panel that lifts in its track. Our locks and hardware, door repair and sliding door repair pages cover most of what is on this list.

To everyone marking the day, we wish you an easy and meaningful fast, and g'mar chatima tova. To all of our customers across Metro Detroit, we will see you on Tuesday.