[Avodah] Chillul HaShem when NJ are the observers

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 04:51:35PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
> On 15/11/2011 4:48 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
>> I dispute both your assumption of what minhag avoseinu was,

> Do you dispute that spitting when passing a church is minhag avoseinu?!

I doubt that spitting when observed by a nachri was done very often. I
doubt there ever was a minhag Yisrael that carried such risk of piquach
nefesh.

Nidon didan wasn't the case you cited either. It was spitting when
passing the galach.

In the meantime, you're not working on a definition of qiddush hasheim
that relates to the usage in Yuma. (Which is only as aggadic as the
entire topic.) The embarassing is a chilul hasheim, which appears to
explicitly validate the position you're arguing against.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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