[Avodah] More on what constitutes chilul hashem

[Beth & David Cohen]

R Zev Sero wrote:
"But in most countries the average person breaks the law
himself as often as he finds convenient, and certainly doesn't look
down on others just for doing things that are illegal.":

There is a distinction. This theoretical average non-Jew acknowledges that
he is breaking the law, just that he thinks (hopes) that he will not get
caught. And if he does get caught, he acknowledges that in theory the
government has the "right" to sanction him.

The theoretical average frum Jew, otoh, thinks that the law itself has no
application to him, that he is permitted to disregard it with impunity and
any attempt by the State to impose a penalty is per se unjust.
IMHO, the attitudinal difference is what causes the chilul Hashem.

Shabbat shalom
David I. Cohen
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