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size=2>From: "Liron Kopinsky" <liron.kopinsky@gmail.com><BR>I don't know
whether you have a mitzva of hashavas aveida here, but you<BR>definitely have an
obligation to tell him, as nicely as possible, that<BR>shaving with a razor is
assur [--TK]<BR><BR><BR>>>However there is only so much halachik
information a person can take in at<BR>one time. Slamming someone newly
introducted to Halacha with the full gamut<BR>of 613 is probably going to be
overload. Is there an idea that you should<BR>only be teaching the person
halachot that they can reasonably do? ... <<</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>>>>>><BR>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, because there is a reasonably acceptable alternative -- the
electric shaver. It's not as if he has to change anything in his routine or his
appearance in order to take on this mitzva. He shaved yesterday and he can
shave tomorrow -- but tomorrow and for the rest of his life, he can gain schar
in Shamayim every time he uses a shaver. Easy brownie
points. Be sure and tell him that. (If he decides to become a
chossid and stops shaving altogether, he can probably get even /easier/ brownie
points every day, just by waking up and not shaving :- )</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><STRONG></STRONG><BR><B>--Toby
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