Tovo Elecha Brocha for having the courage to speak openly about this timely and extremely important topic. To the naive people who made fun of what you had to say, Gedolim would tell them that they have their heads in the sand. This past summer, I was in Eretz Yisroel and was in the company of a MAJOR godol whom everyone considers a major godol. I too was troubled by this situation and asked him about it. The godol was also very upset about this but answered me, “what can I do…there are chushuva Roshei Yeshiva who are smokers.” This is the root of the problem and where we must start. In fact, the godol in question (who did not want his name mentioned precisely for this reason) said, their only Heter is Rav Huna’s Heter (kivan she’hurgalu)and that it is truly a very great sakana.
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