See חילול השם in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "wild beasts come to the world for swearing in vain and for desecration of the Name.",
"ref": "a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avot, section 5.9:",
"roman": "khayá ra'á va'á l'ólam al shvu'át shav v'al khilúl hashém",
"text": "חַיָּה רָעָה בָאָה לָעוֹלָם עַל שְׁבוּעַת שָׁוְא, וְעַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם.",
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"english": "For all who bring the masses to blasphemy require excommunication.",
"ref": "a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud. Ta'anit, section 3.10:",
"roman": "she-kól ha-meví et ha-rabím li-ydéi khilúl hashém tsaríkh nidúy.",
"text": "שֶׁכָּל־הַמֵּבִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים לִידֵי חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם צָרִיךְ נִידּוּי.",
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"english": "One who has desecration of God's name, his repentance has no power to suspend punishment, nor does the Day of Atonement atone, nor does suffering absolve.",
"ref": "a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Kodashim:",
"roman": "mi she-yésh khilúl hashém b'yado – ein lo kóakh bi-tshuvá litlót v'lo b'yom ha-kipurím l'khapér v'lo b'yisurín l'marák.",
"text": "מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִילּוּל הַשֵּׁם בְּיָדוֹ – אֵין לוֹ כֹּחַ בִּתְשׁוּבָה לִתְלוֹת וְלֹא בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לְכַפֵּר וְלֹא בְּיִסּוּרִין לְמָרֵק",
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"ref": "2021 August 31, Ronen Tal, quoting Ariel Horowitz, “הסופר אריאל הורוביץ: \"כשאני רואה נערים בציציות צועקים נגד הערבים – זה חילול השם\" [The author Ariel Horowitz: \"When I see visibly observant kids shouting at Arabs, it is a disgrace.\"]”, in הארץ [Haaretz], Tel Aviv, Israel: Amos Schocken; M. DuMont Schauberg:",
"roman": "kshe'aní ro'é n'arím b'tsitsiyót tso'akím néged ha'aravím — ze khilúl hashém.",
"text": "כשאני רואה נערים בציציות צועקים נגד הערבים – זה חילול השם.",
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"roman": "khayá ra'á va'á l'ólam al shvu'át shav v'al khilúl hashém",
"text": "חַיָּה רָעָה בָאָה לָעוֹלָם עַל שְׁבוּעַת שָׁוְא, וְעַל חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם.",
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"roman": "she-kól ha-meví et ha-rabím li-ydéi khilúl hashém tsaríkh nidúy.",
"text": "שֶׁכָּל־הַמֵּבִיא אֶת הָרַבִּים לִידֵי חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם צָרִיךְ נִידּוּי.",
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"roman": "mi she-yésh khilúl hashém b'yado – ein lo kóakh bi-tshuvá litlót v'lo b'yom ha-kipurím l'khapér v'lo b'yisurín l'marák.",
"text": "מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִילּוּל הַשֵּׁם בְּיָדוֹ – אֵין לוֹ כֹּחַ בִּתְשׁוּבָה לִתְלוֹת וְלֹא בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לְכַפֵּר וְלֹא בְּיִסּוּרִין לְמָרֵק",
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"roman": "kshe'aní ro'é n'arím b'tsitsiyót tso'akím néged ha'aravím — ze khilúl hashém.",
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