Discussion on Putting a Stumbling Block Before the Blind in asking your fellow to put on tefillin when you see him in a public venue.

Asking a fellow Jew to put on Tefillin in a public place just on the spot when it is not a place that people gather for worship to me is putting a stumbling block before the blind. True it is a blessing to don tefillin and say the prayers indicated. But that said, it places any person in an obligatory position to do the "right thing" and put on tefillin when truly, a public place is really not a worship orientated venue. That said, you are putting a stumbling block before the blind because the person you ask to put on the tefillin or even just invite to do so is really like a blind person who has no idea what they can do. Truely to refuse they may be in a position that they are concerned that they may aggreive their fellow jew (the one to ask if they want to put on the tefillin) and that is a violation of Torah, and at the same time, they must be concerened that it may embarrass another Jew who is not ready for such observance and clearly would not be willing to put on the tefillin in public if asked. That said, this is a horrible thing to ask your fellow Jew in a public place as it really encompasse­s a torah violation. Sadly today, we are seeing much religiousi­ty and fervor for what is thought to be Torah and really is just radical love for obedience and order.
This is not Torah and it should be examined and discussed and removed from our ways as religiously orientated communities.
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