r4nd0m3x: Your quote from the book only makes sense if you tell why he made that comment. R’ Shraga Feivel Mendolowitz was asked to check out the “new” Empire plant in Pennsylvania. Out of courtesy, Rabbi Levovitz handed the “chalaf” to R’ Shraga for his inspection. He then asked Rabbi Levovitz to shecht 20 chickens and after the shechita reinspected the “chalaf”. He then asked that Rabbi Levovitz shecht 50 chickens. He complimented Rabbi Levovitz on how he handled the “chalaf”. R’ Shraga’s son asked if the shochet can be trusted to which he replied “I would fell better if he had a beard” to which Rabbi Levovitz replied “My father taught me that one schechts with one’s chalaf, not with one’s beard.” R’ Shraga laughed and told his son yes.
Paraphrased from the book “Lieutenant Birnbaum”
GadolH: You wrote: “you can never go wrong with a top of the line chassideshe hashgacha (the “gold standard of kashrus”)”
Many would disagree with this comment. Chassideshe hashgachos may not be the ‘gold standard’ as you claim.