<span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Joel Rich:<br>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</font> <font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">of
issues around shaving, just in case)</font></span><br><br>Liron:<br>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.<br>
<br>RTK:<br><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial"><font style="background-color: transparent;" size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">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</font></font><br><br>Liron:<br>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?<br>
<br>KT,<br>~Liron<br>