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Hebrew
Noun
חילול השם / חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם • (ḥillúl hashém) m
- (Judaism) blasphemy, desecration of the Name
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 5:9:חַיָּה רָעָה בָאָה לָעוֹלָם עַל שְׁבוּעַת שָׁוְא, וְעַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם.- ḥayyá ra'á va'á l-'ólam 'al shvuát shav v-'al ḥillúl hashém
- wild beasts come to the world for swearing in vain and for desecration of the Name.
a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud, Ta'anit 3:10:שֶׁכָּל־הַמֵּבִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים לִידֵי חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם צָרִיךְ נִידּוּי.- She-kol ha-meví et ha-rabím li-ydéi ḥillúl hashém tsaríkh nidúy.
- For all who bring the masses to blasphemy require excommunication.
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud:מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִילּוּל הַשֵּׁם בְּיָדוֹ — אֵין לוֹ כֹּחַ בִּתְשׁוּבָה לִתְלוֹת וְלֹא בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לְכַפֵּר וְלֹא בְּיִסּוּרִין לְמָרֵק- Mi she-yésh ḥillúl hashém b-yado — ein lo kóaḥ bi-tshuvá litlót v-lo b-yom ha-kippurím l'khappér v-lo b-yissurín l'maraq.
- One who has desecration of God's name, his repentance has no power to suspend punishment, nor does the Day of Atonement atone, nor does suffering absolve.
- (Judaism, colloquial) shameful act, embarrassing behavior, disgrace
2021 August 31, Ronen Tal, quoting Ariel Horowitz, “הסופר אריאל הורוביץ: "כשאני רואה נערים בציציות צועקים נגד הערבים – זה חילול השם" [The author Ariel Horowitz: "When I see visibly observant kids shouting at Arabs, it is a disgrace."]”, in הארץ [Haaretz], Tel Aviv, Israel: Amos Schocken; M. DuMont Schauberg:כשאני רואה נערים בציציות צועקים נגד הערבים – זה חילול השם.- K-she-aní roéh n'arím b-tsitsiyót tso'aqím néged ha-'aravím — zeh ḥillúl hashém.
- When I see visibly observant kids shouting at Arabs, it is a disgrace.
- (literally, “When I see youths in ritual-fringes shouting against the Arabs, it is a desecration of the Name.”)