chillul hashem

/xiːˈluːl hɑˈʃɛm/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Undoubtedly, the non-enlistment of Ḥaredi yeshivah students beginning in 1948, and its significant expansion from 1977 until today when there are 63,000 Ḥaredi yeshivah students not serving in the IDF, constitutes a massive Ḥillul Hashem. This has caused a high percentage of Jews in the State of Israel to be angry at the Ḥaredim and many secular Jews have distanced themselves from Judaism as a direct result of the exemption of Ḥaredim from military service."

Borrowed from Hebrew חילול השם.

hillul Hashem (alternative)

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The recorded pronunciation is /xiːˈluːl hɑˈʃɛm/.

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Borrowed from Hebrew חילול השם.

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