חִילּוּל הַשֵּׁם , חִילּוּל ה', חִילּוּל שֵׁם שָׁמַיִם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

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

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)