<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto">So many people say that if one person is cold the HALACHA is that you have to close the window, turn off the airconditioner , etc..</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">Years ago I asked a rabbi and he said to me that in reality thee is no such specific halachah.</div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto">I just went searching the web and I found a piece on this subject which is based upon Baba Batra 22b and S.A. Hoshen Mishpat 155:39.</div>
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<DIV>Sorry, But I just don't get it.</DIV>
<DIV>Why the over concern for a person that is "cold"?</DIV>
<DIV>What about someone like me who is usually hot and I have a difficult time breathing when the room is not cool?</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">What about if we have a minyan on a day like today that is very humid and warm outside so we have the air-conditioner set on 68-70 degrees F as we do all summer.</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Everyone is wearing light comfortable clothing and even short sleeves and one person is cold, he is wearing a sweater and a jacket. He wants the air conditioner off and for us all to choke<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> on the stagnant hot air just for his warmth.</DIV>
<DIV>Why is that right or fair?</DIV>
<DIV>What about ahare rabim lehatot?</DIV>
<DIV>Or al tifrosh min hatzibbur?</DIV>
<DIV>Can't these sayings be employed here?</DIV>
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<DIV>Please explain,</DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
<DIV>Joseph Mosseri</DIV>
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