Reply To: Saving shul seats, sidurrim for others not yet here

Gaon, Can you agree with me that my plate is “keli shel lo’kayach b’rishus mocher” that is koneh for the lo’kayach, so when kugel is placed into it, it is like the tzedakah pushka that is koneh the money put into it? Failing that, even when the kugel is in my plate, what makes it mine – can someone grab the kugel out of my plate? (Has happened more than once that I up down my plate, and turn my back for a second, and the prized kugel is missing! Maybe someone was moreh heter that I was not koneh it!)