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size=2>From: "Liron Kopinsky" <liron.kopinsky@gmail.com><BR>>>I am
inclined to say that I cannot return it, although if possible I should<BR>let
him know that it is assur. This may or may not be possible however, as<BR>it is
someone who is slowly becoming more shomer mitzvot and might not be<BR>quite
prepared to take on only shaving with electric razors. I guess the<BR>second
question is, is there a mitzvah of Hocheiach Tochiach if he will<BR>eventually
come to not keep the mitzvah but is not going to do
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size=2>>>>>><BR>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.
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size=2>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
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