Reply To: SMOKING – why should it be MUTTAR?

A boy in my Yeshiva once took away a box of cigarretes from a good friend as a joke, and the boy wanted it back. The boy went to the Mashgiach to ask him if he can give it back or is it assur – the Mashgiach cleverly said ‘I don’t know if it is Assur, so give it to me and tell him if he wants them he should come and pick them up’. The boy didn’t go.

The same Mashgiach announced last zman that he is taking all the smokers on an outing – to the UCH Cancer Ward for an afternoon. A few boys stopped just hearing that announcement.