Rav Moshe Feinstein and the Empty Milk Carton
At a bris, Rav Moshe Feinstein puts down one milk carton for another, and people decide he rejects its hechsher. The real reason: the carton was empty.
Many times I have heard this same story involving Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt’l. Rav Moshe was attending a b’ris. There were two cartons of chalav Yisrael milk in front of him, from two competing brands with different hechsherim. Rav Moshe picked up one of the cartons, only to put it down and choose the other carton instead. Onlookers noticed and word spread that Rav Moshe preferred one brand and its hechsher over the other brand. Someone decided to find out why and asked Rav Moshe for an explanation. Rav Moshe was baffled, as he had no idea what the person was referring to.
“But at the b’ris, people saw you look at the container and return it to the table!”
“I put the container back down because it was empty!” Rav Moshe replied.