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<font size=3>At 04:23 PM 8/13/2009, Michael Makovi wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Isn't everyone's own kitchen
table under their own supervision?</font></blockquote><br>
Doesn't this depend on who in the home does the shopping and that
standards that he or she uses when shopping. If the wife does the
shopping and the cooking, how many men can tell you what products
actually come into the home?<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3><snip><br><br>
Incidentally, my rabbi told me that he once went to a restaurant,
and<br>
the heksher was a signed letter from one of the "gedolim" (I
forget<br>
who), saying that the proprietor was a personal friend of this given<br>
gadol. This gadol said that he had never inspected the restaurant<br>
personally, but he said he personally knew the proprietor to G-d<br>
fearing, plain as that. As far as I can tell, my rabbi seems have<br>
believed this letter was authentic, and he said this letter was
better<br>
than any hekhsher the Rabbinut can proffer.</font></blockquote><br>
This story I do not understand. Just because someone is G-d fearing does
not men that he or she has extensive kashrus knowledge. Not all G-d
fearing people have the same kashrus standards. How does one know what
these are without investigating?<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>I'm reminded of
another story, of Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin eating at<br>
a wedding. Some pipsqueak little yeshiva bahur (my own rabbi's<br>
wording) came up to Rabbi Henkin and asked what the hekhsher was.<br>
Rabbi Henkin took a bite of food and after swallowing, said he
didn't<br>
know. My rabbi, sitting next to Rabbi Henkin, asked him why he
wasn't<br>
concerned, and Rabbi Henkin, livid with anger, threw his fork down
and<br>
said that the hatan and kallah were frum Jews and were surely
serving<br>
kosher, end of discussion.</font></blockquote><br>
I have the same comment here. <br><br>
This story I do not understand. Just because someone is G-d fearing does
not men that he or she has extensive kashrus knowledge. Not all G-d
fearing people have the same kashrus standards. How does one know what
these are without investigating?<br><br>
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Yitzchok Levine</body>
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