Yom Kippur Auctions Enter Final Hours

With Yom Kippur just hours away, KIBID’s Maftir Yonah auctions have reached $32,876 in sold and active value. Yet 176 Yom Kippur honors still await a first bid—and a new category now lets donors sponsor the Motzaei Yom Kippur seudah at Chabad Houses worldwide.

20 Sep 2026, 14:00 by COLlive Editor · COLlive

With Yom Kippur only hours away, bidding for Maftir Yonah is flying across KIBID.

As of this writing, 103 Maftir Yonah auctions remain open across Chabad Houses and Jewish communities worldwide. Fifty-seven have already received bids, while 46 are still waiting for their first bidder.

Together, the Maftir Yonah listings represent $32,876 already raised or currently “on the table”: $14,509 from completed sales and another $18,367 in open auctions.

The average Maftir Yonah sold through KIBID this year has brought $537—approximately 15 percent more than last year’s average of $467.

The activity can be seen across the marketplace. Chabad Central Broward has attracted 11 bids, reaching $1,025. Chabad at Rowan University has received 10 bids, while Argaman Ness Ziona has drawn nine. Listings in Be’er Sheva, Chernihiv, Tamarac and communities around the world are also attracting multiple bidders.

The honor of Maftir Yonah has long been treasured by many as a segulah connected with parnassah and material abundance. Through KIBID, that sought-after honor also becomes direct, practical assistance for the shliach and community offering it.

314 Yom Kippur Honors Still Open

Maftir Yonah is only part of the story.

Across the three major categories displayed on KIBID’s live dashboard—Maftir Yonah, P’sicha of Neilah and First Torah for Kol Nidrei—314 auctions remain open. Of those, 138 have bids, while 176 have not yet received a single bid.

Combined, the three categories have generated $65,588 in completed sales and active auction value:

Maftir Yonah: $32,876
P’sicha of Neilah: $17,541
First Torah for Kol Nidrei: $15,171

Of that total, $31,416 has already been sold, with another $34,172 still represented by open auctions.

The figures reflect tremendous momentum—but also tremendous opportunity. Many meaningful honors are still available, including listings at accessible starting prices from communities that have not yet received a first bid.

For shluchim, KIBID is about far more than placing an honor online. It gives a Chabad House in a small city, on a college campus or in a distant country access to supporters far beyond the people physically present in its shul.

An honor that might otherwise be offered only to a local crowd can now be discovered by a bidder hundreds or thousands of miles away. The resulting funds help communities meet the considerable costs of the Yom Tov season and continue serving local Jews throughout the year.

Now in its fourth year, KIBID reports that it has connected bidders with 227 Jewish communities through more than 1,070 completed auctions and 2,500 bids, raising over $380,000 worldwide.

New This Year: Sponsor the Seudah After Yom Kippur

This year, KIBID has added an entirely new opportunity: sponsoring a Chabad community’s Motzaei Yom Kippur seudah and break-fast.

As of this writing, 21 seudah sponsorships are available across six countries, with starting bids ranging from $50 to $360. At the time the listings were checked, all 21 were still awaiting a first bid.

One $50 listing will help Chabad of Penn State provide a break-fast expected to serve approximately 200 people. Other opportunities are available in Brooklyn, Saratoga, Woodstock, Casa Grande, Chernihiv, Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, Canada, Israel and numerous additional communities.

A tradition recorded in Lishmoa Ozen relates that on Motzaei Yom Kippur 5688, the Rebbe Rayatz transmitted a teaching from his father, the Rebbe Rashab, concerning two practices through which one draws down material blessing for the year.

The first is saying L’Dovid Mizmor—Psalm 24—after Shemoneh Esrei on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with profound concentration. The second is making one’s breaking of the fast on Motzaei Yom Kippur b’harchavah—expansive and generous. The teaching is recorded in Lishmoa Ozen, p. 145, §65, and the custom of preparing an ample Motzaei Yom Kippur meal is also cited in the Shulchan Aruch HaRav published by Chabad.org.

The new KIBID category gives that teaching an immediate, tangible expression: helping a shliach set a generous table for the Jews who have just completed the holiest fast of the year.

A donor anywhere in the world can help provide the food, hospitality and warm Jewish atmosphere waiting after Neilah—while directly assisting the Chabad House responsible for making it happen.

A Special Thank-You to Machne Israel

This year’s growth and reach did not happen on their own. DollarDaily.org and KIBID extend an especially heartfelt thank-you to Machne Israel–Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters, whose generous funding helped make this year’s KIBID season possible. Its support was invested in the advertising required to bring hundreds of shluchim’s listings before a much wider public, as well as important enhancements to the website itself—making it easier, faster and clearer for communities to list their honors and for bidders around the world to participate. For a smaller Chabad House, that reach can mean the difference between a meaningful honor passing unnoticed and becoming substantial support for its Yom Tov expenses and communal work. By investing in both the platform and the public awareness surrounding it, Machne Israel has helped shluchim place their communities before new supporters at precisely the moment that assistance matters most. KIBID is profoundly grateful to Machne Israel for recognizing the value of this work and for providing the funding that allows it to continue growing.

The window is now rapidly closing.

Bidders can browse all remaining KIBID auctions or go directly to the new Motzaei Yom Kippur Seudah sponsorships.

Prices, bids and availability are changing continuously. But as of this writing, 176 Yom Kippur honors and 21 post-fast community tables were still waiting for someone to step forward.

Before the fast begins, there is still time to secure a meaningful Yom Kippur honor—and help a shliach and an entire Jewish community at the same time.

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