[Avodah] Hashavat Aveida or Lifnei Iver?

[T613K at aol.com]

I wrote: >>Shaving is a d'Oraisa, and if the person has  already  decided to 
become frum, 
he should be taught d'Oraisas as soon as   possible.  Not shaving with a 
razor 
happens to be one  of the  easier ones....<<
 
But RAM's answer (and RAF who gave a similar answer) was much better than  
mine: 
 
 
>>I'm confident that no matter who you'd ask in the kiruv world,  they'd 
answer NOT to "slam" the person with all 613 at once. ...In the current  case, I 
think the best thing to do would be to return it to him, with an  explanation 
about TWO halachos. Don't just get on his case with the issur of  shaving, but 
use it as an oppotunity to teach about Hashavat  Aveida!...<<  That was a 
really superior  answer!




Bottom line:  In general, you go slow with a new BT and don't  give a person 
too much information at once.  But where the opportunity so  naturally arises, 
as in this case, and it is not one of the more difficult or  complicated 
halachos -- carpe diem.



--Toby  Katz
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