Commentary for Avodah Zarah 107:5

והדר כתב רחמנא ולא תחללו את שם קדשי דאפילו באונס הא כיצד הא בצנעא והא בפרהסיא

After that, however, the Torah wrote. “And you shall not profane My holy name” even under compulsion! How is this so? — The former refers to an act in private, the latter to an act in public.

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