VeYa’akov Holach Ledarko
Laws and Customs | October 14, 2025
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VeYa’akov Holach Ledarko

Laws and Customs | December 10, 2025

In many communities, including Chabad, it is customary for the Gabbai to bang on the bima after Ma’ariv and announce: “VeYa’akov Holach Ledarko - And Yaakov went on his way” at the end of both the Simchat Torah and Shabbat Bereishit services. This indicates that the Yom Tov season has finished and that it is now time to actualize one's resolutions and “go” in the way of Torah and mitzvot.

  • Yom Tov ends at 7:27 pm.
  • We do not say Tachanun for the rest of the month of Tishrei.

In many communities, including Chabad, it is customary for the Gabbai to bang on the bima after Ma’ariv and announce: “VeYa’akov Holach Ledarko - And Yaakov went on his way” at the end of both the Simchat Torah and Shabbat Bereishit services. This indicates that the Yom Tov season has finished and that it is now time to actualize one's resolutions and “go” in the way of Torah and mitzvot.

  • Yom Tov ends at 7:27 pm.
  • We do not say Tachanun for the rest of the month of Tishrei.
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