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size=2><BR>RDB writes:<BR>> On page 297, the following appears:<BR>>
"Question: A Bachur has a radio in his room in Yeshiva, and <BR>> his friend
wants to break it and pay for it. Maran HaRav <BR>> Shach zt"l once said that
it is allowed for a child in his <BR>> home to take his parents' radio and
dispose of it.<BR>> <BR>> Answer: He can break it, and not pay. I don't
know if he is <BR>> obligated to do so but there is an Inyan to do this.
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<DIV>I asked a friend/neighbor of mine about this, knowing that he was very
close to Rav Schach, and he told me that this couldn't possibly be the whole
story and R' Schach couldn't have made a blanket statement that EVERYONE should
break any radio he comes across, even if it belongs to his own parents. He
thinks that most likely R' Schach was asked a particular question by one
particular person, possibly someone whose parents were in the habit of listening
to something genuinely immoral (radio porn? is there such a thing?) and
that his answer was tailored to that individual in his particular
circumstances. (If he ever gave this teshuva at all, which who
knows?)</DIV>
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<DIV>R'n CL wrote:</DIV>
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size=2>>>I note that Rav Henkin in Benei Banim (chelek sheni siman 47)
has a teshuva<BR>on whether a school is permitted to take away objects from
their talmidim<BR>and only return them after a number of days or weeks or if
they improve<BR>their ways and he comes out very strongly against the
practice, on the<BR>grounds that it is a violation of lo signov.
....<BR>.... The prime example (which<BR>brings into focus the essence
of his teshuva) is of a student who plays with<BR>a ball and is late for
shiur, where he holds that while he can be required<BR>to stay late or
punished in other ways, taking away the ball, which is not<BR>an intrinsically
assur object, is not permitted, even for a few days.<<</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>It seems to me that if the student handbook of that particular school
stipulates that balls or cellphones or whatever will be confiscated if used
under named circumstances, then the student who knowingly breaks the rules has
forfeited the forbidden article and has no legitimate complaint if
caught. </DIV>
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