Is there such a halacha that if someone, even one person, in a room with other people is cold [during an average (cold) winter day] in the winter the window has to be kept closed??
(If you think that there is such a halacha, please cite any and all available sources.)
P.S. Please pardon the run-on [and perhaps some excessive words in the above] question...
I dont know any sources but im sure there is such a halacha, i knew that halacha from when i was a little kid.
My students can all quote it(they do all the time) so ill have to ask them where its written!
Please help, I'm freeeezing!
NYBD
Jackpot
skiaddict: Ditto.
WIY: Thank you very much. Actually, I found that exact page earlier last night (before I pos[t]ed this question). Unfortunately, some in the crowd that I'm dealing with are Ultra-Yeshivish (new denomination btw) and contemporary sources, often times, do not carry a lot of weight with them (i.e. some don't eat foods that [only] have an OU ;-) hechsher).
NYBD
Please explain what new denomination means. Im not sure who all the sources are but they don't all have to do with the OU only 1 of them and these guys will be lucky if they reach a 1/100th of his knowledge in Torah in their lifetimes. They don't have to like ou or eat its hechsher to recognize that he is a powerhouse in Halacha and one of the poskei hador. These guys are chutzpinyaks. Ok Im done ranting for now.
If you like you can Google the topic its on numerous sites. It is based on a Halacha in shulchan aruch choshen mishpat.
I googled it for you and the first result is this page:
http://www.torah.org/advanced/business-halacha/5757/vol2no26.html
Sources:
Gemara in Bava Basra (22b-23a)
Shulchan Oruch (Choshen Mishpat 155:39)
Rema adds that it applies regarding any discomfort
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