[Avodah] Lifnei Iver/Kanaus

[Doron Beckerman]

In Derech Sicha (discussions with R' Chaim Kanievsky arranged in the order
of the Parshiyos) pg. 369 the following is brought:

"I told the Rav Shlit"a what I heard about one Talmid Chacham zt"l, who once
went to a certain Gvir, and in the waiting room there was an immodest
picture, and he immediately ripped it. When he went into the Gvir, the Gvir
told him: You should have asked! He responded: "And when you hung up the
picture did you ask me?"

The Rav responded that he certainly did a good thing Al Pi Din, since this
is Lifnei Iver, but if it were a Goy he would have to ask permission, since
a Goy is not prohibited in Lifnei Iver."

On page 297, the following appears:
"Question: A Bachur has a radio in his room in Yeshiva, and his friend wants
to break it and pay for it. Maran HaRav Shach zt"l once said that it is
allowed for a child in his home to take his parents' radio and dispose of
it.

Answer: He can break it, and not pay. I don't know if he is obligated to do
so but there is an Inyan to do this. The Chazon Ish was once asked about a
Bachur who saw heretical material by his friend, and he told him to dispose
of it, and that he is absolved from having to pay."
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