[Avodah] Chillul Ha Shem

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:32:51PM -0500, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
: On 29/12/16 09:32, Professor L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: >Note that from the first paragraph it seems that Rav
: >Schwab considers someone who has not as yet been convicted of anything,
: >but who is accused of a crime to be guilty of Chillul
: >HaShem.  Apparently he feels that one should conduct oneself in such a
: >manner that one cannot even be accused of a crime even if the accusation
: >is false.
: 
: That is impossible.

One can try to minimize it, though. Raising cheshad and mar'is ayin
are real issurim.

Follow Rebbe in Avos 2:1 or R' Chanina ben Dosa in 3:10.

For that matter, RCBD said it's impossible to give the Borei "nachas ruach"
if one is not giving people nachas ruach.

The Tosafos YT on the Bartenura on 2:1 invokes Mishlei 2 "umatza chein
veseikhel tov be'eini E' ve'adam".

On 3:10 "vikhol she'ein", he explains that RCbD phrases it in both the
positive and the negative to exclude

1- the person who thinks that it is okay to offend people "shehu noteh
el qatzeh ha'acharon meihachasidus". Qa mashma lan that such behavior,
being over-frum at the expense of offending people, "Ruach" haMaqom is
not nocheh heimenu either. And
2- obviously someone who impresses others without being real, without
being good internaly and when in private, isn't giving nachas "Ruach"
to HQBH either.


Tangent: It's "chilul hasheim", not "chilul Hashem":
    1- One cannot be mechalel the Borei.
    2- The expression is older than using "Hashem" as a kinui.

(I've pointed it out before, but I find the use theologically annoying.)


Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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