(21) and said, “The LORD our God has just shown us His kavod, and we have heard His voice out of the fire; we have seen this day that a person can hear God speak and survive
(3) A voice rings out: “Clear in the desert A road for the LORD! Level in the wilderness a highway for our God! (4) Let every valley be raised, Every hill and mount made low. Let the rugged ground become level And the ridges become a plain. (5) The kavod of the LORD will be revealed And all flesh, as one, shall behold— For the LORD Himself has spoken.”
(ו) בֵּ֛ן יְכַבֵּ֥ד אָ֖ב וְעֶ֣בֶד אֲדֹנָ֑יו...
(6) A son should honor his father, and a slave his master...
Come and hear: Great is human dignity (Kavod HaBriyot), as it overrides a prohibition in the Torah.
Berachot 19b- One can contract impurity (by walking over graves) rather than offend someone by not greeting them.
Megilah 3b - A kohen can contract impurity if there is no one else to tend to the dead. Tending to the dead takes precedence over hearing the megilah read on Purim.
Eruvin 41b, Shabbat 81b - Certain violations of Shabbat are permitted for the sake of bodily hygiene or...
...Shabbat 94b - for the sake of tending to a corpse, or...
...Menachot 37b- for the sake of not exposing oneself in public.
(א) בֶּן זוֹמָא אוֹמֵר... אֵיזֶהוּ מְכֻבָּד, הַמְכַבֵּד אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמואל א ב) כִּי מְכַבְּדַי אֲכַבֵּד וּבֹזַי יֵקָלּוּ:
(1) Ben Zoma said...Who is honored? One who honors fellow human beings as it is said: “For I honor those that honor Me, but those who spurn Me shall be dishonored” (I Samuel 2:30).
(9) Know, therefore, that only the LORD your God is God, the steadfast God who keeps His covenant and chesed to the thousandth generation of those who love Him and keep His commandments,
(10) For the mountains may move and the hills be shaken, But my chesed shall never move from you, Nor My covenant of peace be shaken —said your merciful LORD.
Gemilut chasadim, generally translated as “acts of loving kindness,” is known in rabbinic tradition as one of the three pillars upon which the world stands (m. Avot 1:2) and is one of three acts that should be considered “boundless” (m. Peah 1:1), meaning that a person can never do too much of it. In this rubric, chesed is a good deed that is not obligatory but should be done—in effect, behavior beyond the letter of the law. Chesed is one-sided giving, a type of charity that has elements of mercy and goodness....
This is not the standard biblical usage, however... chesed in the Bible generally refers to good deeds performed where mutual relations exist, i.e., the substance of a covenant between two partners....chesed is generally performed by only the stronger partner within the mutual relationship.
The Sages taught that gemilut chasadim is superior to tsedakah in three respects: Tsedakah can be performed only with one’s money, while gemilut chasadim can be performed both with your person and with your money. Tsedakah is given to the poor, while gemilut chasadim are performed both for the poor and for the rich. Tsedakah is given only to the living, while gemilut chasadim is performed both for the living and for the dead.
(9) “Who are you?” (Boaz) asked. And she replied, “I am your handmaid Ruth. Spread your protective wing over your handmaid, for you are a redeeming kinsman.” (10) He exclaimed, “Be blessed of the LORD, daughter! Your latest deed of chesed is greater than the first, in that you have not turned to younger men, whether poor or rich.