# Episode 59: Is Dignity Greater than Torah? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah.md Podcast: [The Oral Talmud](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823) Published: 2026-07-27T05:10:00+00:00 Episode link: https://jewishlive.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah-miye8Q07 Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/4772bdea-a72e-4ec8-8413-c999181d4002/458fc3fc-e3e9-4634-88b4-b71a2f39e03e/episodes/audio/group/e9dbcfad-fcbd-49fd-8ad1-62653cbaa4a4/group-item/5fd94a72-844d-4cd3-9eb4-41ad44a2f502/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=AEwxcID3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episodes/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah Duration seconds: 3700 ## Resource β€œIt is preferable to break, violate a prohibition in the Torah, anything the Torah says don't do, you can actually go ahead and do it if by not doing it you would cause someone significant indignity or disrespect.” - Benay Lappe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episodes/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.