The Link Between Shame and Sinat Chinam We are defining shame as the discomfort produced when the ego feels diminished or deflated. We are defining sinat chinam as baseless hatred, meaning hatred that has no justification, that has no basis to it. The first step is to distinguish sinat chinam from generic dislike which does not qualify as sinat chinam because it is “lighter” than that and also, reasonable. Some people are irritating to be around. That’s fair. There’s no sin i