חילול

חִילּוּל, חִלּ׳m. (חָלַל) 1) desecration, defamation. Y.Shebu.VI, end, 37b ח׳ שבועה the desecration committed by an unnecessary oath. Sabb.33a, a. fr. ח׳ שבת desecration of the Sabbath; ח׳ השם defamation of the Name of the Lord, disgracing the Jewish religion. Yoma 86a ה״ד ח׳ השם what act, for instance, would be a profanation ?Kidd.40a אין מקיפין בח׳וכ׳, v. נָקַף I, II. Ber.19b; a. fr. 2) redemption of sacred objects, secularization, Ib. 35a טעון ח׳ requires redemption. Y.Naz.II, beg.51d משמשין לשון ח׳ mean redemption; a. fr.Pl. חִילּוּלִים, חִלּ׳. Y.Peah VII, 20b bot. (interpret. הלולים, Lev. 19:24), v. ה״א. 3) the loss of priestly status, becoming a ḥalal (v. חָלָל II). Y.Ter.VII, 44d bot. את שחִילּוּלָהּוכ׳ whose loss of priesthood was caused by Pl. חִילּוּלִין, חִלּ׳ Keth.29b ח׳ הוא עושה he causes loss of priesthood (to his offspring). Snh.50b בחִילּוּלֵי שבזנותוכ׳ the text speaks of desecration effected through illicit intercourse (not of Sabbath breaking).(Sifré Deut. s. 26, v. preced. w.