Yom Kippur 2026: Our Holiday Hours and When We Are Back

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 observing the holiday, so our phones and our schedule are quiet for those two days. Below are our exact hours, a short explanation of the day itself, and a few checks you can run on your own garage door before the holiday begins.

Our Yom Kippur 2026 Hours

• Sunday, September 20: closed. On a normal week we are open Sundays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, so please note the change. Candle lighting in Metro Detroit is at 7:15 PM, and the fast begins then.
• Monday, September 21: closed all day for Yom Kippur. The fast ends in Metro Detroit at 8:13 PM.
• Tuesday, September 22: back to our regular hours from 9:00 AM.

Our regular schedule is Sunday through Thursday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and we are closed every Saturday. It is also listed on our hours page. If you need garage door service, please call us at (313) 236-4558 once we reopen on Tuesday morning.

What Is Yom Kippur?

Yom Kippur means "Day of Atonement." It is the holiest day of the Jewish year, observed on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and it closes the ten days that open with Rosh Hashanah. This year it falls in the year 5787.

The day is kept with a fast of about twenty-five hours, from before sundown on Sunday until nightfall on Monday, and with prayer for most of that time. The evening service opens with Kol Nidrei, and the closing service, Neilah, ends with one long blast of the shofar.

Here in Metro Detroit, candles are lit at 7:15 PM on Sunday, September 20, and the fast ends at 8:13 PM on Monday, September 21 (times from Hebcal). They shift by a few minutes from one part of the area to another, so check the times your own community publishes.

The greeting for the day is "g'mar chatimah tovah," a good final sealing. To everyone fasting, we wish you an easy and meaningful fast.

A Few Checks Before the Holiday

Two days is a long time to live with a garage door that is not behaving, and the quiet before a holiday is a good moment to catch it. None of the checks below needs tools, and all of them are safe to do yourself.

• Run the door once, all the way up and down. If it hesitates, binds or reverses on its own, park outside for the holiday rather than risk the car being shut in behind it.
• Find the emergency release. That is the cord, usually red, hanging from the opener rail. It disconnects the door so you can move it by hand. Pull it only when the door is fully closed.
• Look at the springs and cables, but do not touch them. With the door closed, look at the springs above the door and the cables along each side. A gap in a spring coil or frayed strands on a cable are reasons to stop using the door. Both are under high tension, so leave any adjustment to a technician.
• Wipe the safety eyes. The two small sensors near the floor on either side of the door should face each other. A leaf, a bag or dust on a lens is a common reason a door will not close.
• Make sure someone has a house key. If the garage is how everyone gets into the house, a door that will not open turns into a locked front door. A spare key in a pocket solves it.

If anything on this list does not look or sound right, make a note of it and give us a call when we reopen.

See You Tuesday

From our team to yours, g'mar chatimah tovah, and an easy and meaningful fast to everyone observing the day. To all of our customers across Metro Detroit, thank you for your patience over these two days. We are back on Tuesday, September 22 at 9:00 AM.