Reply To: Hechsher Question

“A hasidishe guy sat down next to me, pulled out an apple, made the bracha and ate it, made a borei nefashos and left. “

Maybe he could not stay, was hungry, but did not want the baal simcha to have to pay for his meal. But for the record, in my far less chareidi neighborhood, a caterer would NEVER allow anyone to bring in even a bottled WATER from outside! So apple or no apple, unless the caterer himself supplied the fruit to the chassid, the guy technically broke an important kashrus rule of places under Vaad restrictions, by bringing in his own food to a catering hall under someone else’s hashghocha. And that is a problem.