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Legend has it that Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, Z’’L had a special custom when it came to receiving Mishloach Manot gifts on Purim. He would taste from the items no matter what the “hechsher” (as long as there was one).
Why would someone who was usually very personally stringent take such a different attitude when it came to Purim gifts?