Despite the shops Celtic sounding name, McCabe’s Wine & Spirits is a kosher liquor store owned by an observant Jewish proprietor Daniel Mesnik who must sell the store for the duration of Passover and then buy it back. From left: Rabbi Ben Krasnianski, Daniel Mesznik, Allen Alexis, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld
Despite the shops Celtic sounding name, McCabe’s Wine & Spirits is a kosher liquor store owned by an observant Jewish proprietor Daniel Mesnik who must sell the store for the duration of Passover and then buy it back. From left: Rabbi Ben Krasnianski, Daniel Mesznik, Allen Alexis, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld ( Photo: Courtesy Rabbi Krasnianski)

Passover approaches and brings a whole set of challenges for some members of the Jewish faith whose businesses are involved with food and drink. The shops must be sold to a non-Jewish person for a week and then “bought back” to comply with strict religious edicts.

Who Would Sell Their Entire Business for a Week?
23 Mar 2026 | 02:01
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The Jewish people are busy now scrubbing and cleaning their homes for Passover. To commemorate the birth of the Jewish people with the miraculous Exodus from Egypt 3,338 years ago, G-d in His Torah commanded the Jews during Passover not to eat or benefit from anything fermented and leavened. Even a slight...

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