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chillul Hashem

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hebrew חילול השם.

Noun

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chillul Hashem

  1. A disgrace before God; especially, shameful behavior by a Jew seen as 'giving God a bad name'.
    • 2001 January 14, Moshe Shulman, “JEWS FORBIDDEN ON TEMPLE MOUNT”, in soc.culture.jewish[1] (Usenet):
      You don't hate Zionism. You hate Jews. It is a chillul HaShem every time you quote the holy Satmar Rov ZT'L.