[Avodah] Hashavat Aveida or Lifnei Iver?

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InFrom: "Liron Kopinsky" <liron.kopinsky at gmail.com>
>>I am  inclined to say that I cannot return it, although if possible I should
let  him know that it is assur. This may or may not be possible however, as
it is  someone who is slowly becoming more shomer mitzvot and might not be
quite  prepared to take on only shaving with electric razors. I guess the
second  question is, is there a mitzvah of Hocheiach Tochiach if he will
eventually  come to not keep the mitzvah but is not going to do  so
immediately?<<




>>>>>
I don't know whether you have a mitzva of  hashavas aveida here, but you 
definitely have an obligation to tell him, as  nicely as possible, that shaving 
with a razor is assur.  In the case of  d'Oraisas I think that there is a mitzva 
of tochacha even if the person will not  listen to you, but in any case, this 
is a person who does not need to be  "reminded" but needs to be "informed" of 
something he probably does not know  because he has not been frum very long 
and it just didn't come up.  
 
My husband was shocked to find out that a person in our shul who had been  
frum already for several years was still shaving with a razor -- because no one  
had ever told him not to!  In the case of a new BT or becoming-BT it is  
always right to inform him of halachos he doesn't know (taking into account the  
need to go slowly and not overwhelm him with too much information all at once)  
and there is no need whatsoever to worry about the fact that becoming frum is 
a  process, and he will not necessarily be able to take on each new mitzva  
immediately.  




--Toby  Katz
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