Desecration of the Name, desecration of God's name, desecration of the Name of Heaven / profanation the name of Divine Name

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Desecration of the Name, desecration of God's name, desecration of the Name of Heaven / profanation the name of Divine Name

Desecration of the Name, desecration of God's name, desecration of the Name of Heaven / profanation the name of Divine Name

Desecration or contempt of the glory of God or the glory of religion. Committing an act that disgraces religion.

("And I will sanctify My great name that was profaned among the nations, which you profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I am sanctified through you before their eyes" — Ezekiel 36:23. And likewise: "In any place where there is desecration of the Name, no honor is shown to a rabbi" — Sanhedrin 82a. And likewise: "Anyone about whom it is said, 'Let him be killed rather than transgress,' and he transgressed and was not killed—this is one who desecrates the Name" — Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Book of Knowledge, Laws of the Foundations of the Torah, chapter 5, 4. And likewise: "They bow their faces to the ground and lament over the desecration of the Name, saying, 'Woe, vinegar son of wine'" — Agnon, These and Those, Ma'aglei Tzedek. And likewise: "Seven times I committed the trespass, seven times I profaned the Name, and the heavens above are witnesses, for I was always guilty" — Goldberg, From the Songs of the Lost Son, 3. And likewise: "And he writes verses about the decline of the generations and the scarcity of learners, and about the desecration of the Name, and questions of time" — Chaim Savato, Like the Eyelids of Dawn, 97)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חִילּוּל הַשֵּׁם , חִילּוּל ה', חִילּוּל שֵׁם שָׁמַיִם

Definition (Hebrew)

חִילּוּל אוֹ בִּיזּוּי כְּבוֹד הָאֵל אוֹ כְּבוֹד הַדָּת. עֲשִׂיַּת מַעֲשֶׂה הַמְּבַיֵּשׁ אֶת הַדָּת.

("וְקִדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת שְׁמִי הַגָּדוֹל הַמְחֻלָּל בַּגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר חִלַּלְתֶּם בְּתוֹכָם וְיָדְעוּ הַגּוֹיִם כִּי אֲנִי ה' נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי ה' בְּהִקָּדְשִׁי בָכֶם לְעֵינֵיהֶם"- ׁׁׁׁיחזקאל פֶּרֶק לוֹ כג, וְכֵן:"כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִלּוּל חהשׁם אֵין חוֹלְקִין כָּבוֹד לָרַב"- סַנְהֶדְרִין פב ע"א, וְכֵן:"וְכָל מִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ "יֵהָרֵג וְאַל יַעֲבֹר" וְעָבַר וְלֹא נֶהֱרַג- הֲרֵי זֶה מְחַלֵּל אֶת הַשֵּׁם"- הָרַמְבָּ"ם/ סֵפֶר הַמַּדָּע, הִלְכוֹת יְסוֹדֵי תּוֹרָה, פֶּרֶק חֲמִישִׁי, ד, 86, וְכֵן:"כּוֹבְשִׁים פְּנֵיהֶם בַּקַּרְקַע וּמִתְאַנְּחִים עַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם וְאוֹמְרִים הָוֵי חֹמֶץ בֶּן יַיִן"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, מַעְגְּלֵי צֶדֶק, וְכֵן:"שִׁבְעָתַיִם מָעַלְתִּי הַמַּעַל/ שִׁבְעָתַיִם חִלַּלְתִּי הַשֵּׁם,/ וְעֵדִים הַשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל,/ כִּי תָּמִיד הָיִיתִי אָשֵׁם"-לֹא גּוֹלְדְּבֵּרְג/ מִשִּׁירֵי הַבֵּן הָאוֹבֵד, ג, וְכֵן:"וְכוֹתֵב פְּסוּקִים עַל יְרִידַת הַדּוֹרוֹת וּמִעוּט הַלּוֹמְדִים, וְעַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם, וּשְׁאֵלוֹת זְמַן"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 97)

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