Kiddush Hashem

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The Three Cardinal Sins

Other Mitzvot

  1. Based on the narrative of Yehudah and Tamar, Chazal advise one to rather jump into a fiery furnace than humiliate his fellow in public. Some Rishonim take this literally as an additional Mitzvah to sacrifice one's life instead of violating,[1] while others argue Chazal were exaggerating to make a point and did not mean we should take the Halacha literally.[2]

Shmad/Persecution

In Presence of a Minyan

Chillul Hashem

Sources

  1. Berachot 43b, Tosafot Sotah 10b s.v. Noach Lo who writes that though the list is always of three cardinal sins it only records but is not limited to those sins explicated in the Torah. The Brisker Rav (ad loc) postulates that it could be a Middat Chassidut if not for Tosafot's difficulty seemingly indicating it's a Din. Rabbeinu Yonah (Shaarei Teshuvah 3:139) considers is a subcategory ("Avak") of murder. See Shu"t Minchat Shlomo vol. 1 Siman 7 at length.
  2. Meiri Berachot 43b, Rav Hershel Schachter (Berachot 5778 #85)