Human dignity (כְּבוֹד הַבְּרִיּוֹת)

Human dignity

Respect for others. Respect that should be shown toward human beings.

("Which is preferable: reading the Megillah or dealing with an unattended corpse? Is reading the Megillah preferable because of publicizing the miracle, or perhaps an unattended corpse is preferable because of human dignity? After asking, he later resolved it: an unattended corpse is preferable, as the Master said: Great is human dignity, for it overrides a prohibition in the Torah" — Megillah 3b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כְּבוֹד הַבְּרִיּוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

כְּבוֹד הַזּוּלָת. כָּבוֹד שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִרְחֹושׁ כְּלַפֵּי בְּנֵי הָאָדָם.

("מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה וּמֵת מִצְוָה הֵי מִנַּיְהוּ (אֵיזוֹ מִצְוָה מֵהֶן) עָדִיף? (הַאִם) מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה עֲדִיף מִשּׁוּם פַּרְסוֹמֵי נִסָּא, אוֹ דִּלְמָא (שֶׁמָּא) מֵת מִצְוָה עָדִיף- מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹד הַבְּרִיּוֹת? בָּתַר דְּבָעֵיא הָדָר פָּשְׁטָה (אַחַר שֶׁשָּׁאַל חָזַר וּפִשֵּׁט): מֵת מִצְוָה עָדִיף. דְּאָמַר מַר: גָּדוֹל כְּבוֹד הַבְּרִיּוֹת שֶׁדּוֹחֶה אֶת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה"- מְגִלָּה ג ע"ב)

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