[Avodah] Hashavat Aveida or Lifnei Iver?

[Liron Kopinsky]

Joel Rich:
Do you know for a fact that it was a he (I hope so) and that he used it for
his face?  If not, why wouldn't there be a mitzvah of hashavat aveida (and
of general discussion of issues around shaving, just in case)

Liron:
Assuming I know for a fact that he (and yes, my roommate was a he) used it
for his face, I think it would be pretty straight forward that you can't
return it, and should rather try and use it (if possible) as an opportunity
to teach the shaving halachot. I feel in this particular case even if I
didn't know definitively that he used it for his face that it would still be
assur to return it because what other possible uses could he have had for a
facial razor that was left by the sink? The only thing he could reasonably
use it for in the future is shaving Lo l'Halacha.

RTK:
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

Liron:
However there is only so much halachik information a person can take in at
one time. Slamming someone newly introducted to Halacha with the full gamut
of 613 is probably going to be overload. Is there an idea that you should
only be teaching the person halachot that they can reasonably do? For
example, someone becoming shomer shabbat, may be comfortable with stopping
driving/listening to music etc., but may not be capable yet to shower
l'halacha. Better them sin b'shogeg until they are ready to progress to the
next level. Are there halachic parameters for what and how much to tell
people re: halacha? Is it just "have a good sense of the person"? Is it just
practice?

KT,
~Liron
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