[Avodah] Paper Towels

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 2/26/07, Yisrael Medad <yisrael.medad at gmail.com> wrote:
> It was asked  "Shimon reaches over and takes one to blow his nose
> without permission from reuvain. Is Shimon a gazlan/borrower without reshut
> ?"
>
> Why not just leave it at  that he is uncouth and lacking in basic manners
> and not get involved in Halacha? Or that in blowing his nose he is
> refraining from annoying the other congregants with a sniffling sound that
> could interfere with their davening and so he is contributing to the general
> welfare of the schule's decorum?   Does everything in the social field need
> to be parameted within the Daled Amot?

If I am in the middle of Shemoneh Esrei and my nose is dripping, and I
have a choice between taking one of my neighbor's tissues or either
sniffling and disturbing people's davening or wiping my nose on my sleeve
(which is VERY lacking in basic manners), this Sha'ailah could be very
relevant.