mdd — I did not say Chillul Hashem in front of Goyim is not Chillul Hashem — see my second to last paragraph. My point was that it is only Chillul Hashem if there is something inherently wrong — either objectively or compared to what would be expected — with the action (in this case that Bnei Yisroel violated their treaty). It does not apply to doing “anything” that makes people look down on frum Jews. As I posted on a different thread, the logical conclusion to ignoring that detail (that there is something improper with the action) leads people down very strange paths. Someone posted on a different thread that if people think frum Jews are “not normal” due to our actions it would be a Chillul Hashem. If that is the case, then keeping Shabbos, Kosher, or Tznius in public, all of which are “not normal”, would be included in Chillul Hashem, which is obviously not the case!
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