The "Idiot Of The Day" award goes to some guy in Tzfat who threw his television out his window onto the street - from the third floor.
Nobody was hurt, the tv did not land on top of a car or cause other damage besides for the shattering of the tv itself.
The fellow was arrested. His defense in court was that he was listening to a rabbinic command to get the television out of his house. (source: bechadrei)
I don't imagine that the rabbi who gave him that command actually told him to throw it out his 3rd floor window. He could just as easily have listened to his rabbi by taking his television down to the garbage can by using the building elevator or staircase, and disposing of it like a human being. "Get rid of your television" does not mean throw it out the window endangering anybody and anything that might be anywhere below the third floor. I even feel bad for the unnamed rabbi who is being blamed by his follower for such a stupid act, as if the rabbi actually told him to do what he did.
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unfortunately, the rabbi probably did use these words. this is not the first such idiot. see here:
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josh
I remember being at a shiur of Rav Miller and hearing him tell people to throw their televisions out the window. But I also distinctly remember him telling everyone to look down first to make sure nobody was passing by.
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