[Avodah] Chillul Hashem and PR

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Mon Jun 11 17:15:36 PDT 2012


Someone asked on Areivim when CH got associated with our actions being
bd PR to outsiders.

We discussed this a number of times in the past.

Look at http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=C#CHILLUL%20HASHEM
Topics:
    Chillul Hashem
    Chillul HaShem & Goyim
    Chillul HaShem and Davening on Airplanes
    Chillul HaShem and Non-Jews
    Chillul HaShem when NJ are the observers

Abayei (Yuma 86a) on "ve'ahavta" -- that people will come to bless HQBH
because of your actions. In particular see Rashi ad loc.

The issur of geneivas aqu"m involves discussion of chillel hasheim where
it is clearly meant in this sense. Similarly hashavas aveidah.

The Rambam tells us to be no less machmir on sheim Hashem lashav as
the Moslems are, because to not do so would be chillul hasheim.

All the rules about a TC who is a slob, or who doesn't know astronomy,
because it's a chilul hasheim imply that one definition of CH is "bad
PR".

Yechezqeil 36 implies that our looking militarily weak is a CH.

Etc...

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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