Rabbi mendel dubov is the director of chabad in sussex county, nj, and a member of faculty at the rabbinical college of america in morristown, nj. And so, when boaz asked her to marry him, naomi urged her to do so. Text of book of ruth and its connection to shavuot how does one conve. It is set in the time of the judges not the best ones, if we assign it to the period of gideon and samson and it attempts to define the rights of widows and aliens within a society fallen upon hard times. Ruth was a moabite princess of very fine character, who became the great grandmother of king david.
See the full text of the book of ruth in hebrew and english with rashis commentary. Rabbi matalon delivers an informative introduction to the book of ruth, based on the commentary of the gaon from vilna. The scenes of harvesting described in the book of ruth are appropriate to the festival of harvest. The book of ruth reflects a time of peace between israel and moab contrast jdg 3.
Ruth is a book for all times, whether written in post. Shavuot is the birthday and yahrtzeit anniversary of passing of king david, and the book of ruth records his ancestry. The custom to read ruth on shavuos as well as shir hashirim on pesach. Now ruth was unexpectedly rewarded with wealth and happiness.
She was dissatisfied with the idolworship of her own. Ruth was a moabite princess of very fine character, who became the. Naomi was happy that ruth had been so successful and had found favor in the eyes of boaz, the wealthy landowner. Kazen, pioneer of torah, judaism and jewish information on the web. It is set in the time of the judges not the best ones, if we. The book tells of ruth accepting the god of the israelites as her god and the israelite people as her own. Our story opens on a nice jewish family with a problem.
The book of ruth summary ruth was a moabite princess of very fine character, who became the greatgrandmother of king david. Ruth and her husband boaz were king david s greatgrandparents. She and boaz were blessed with children who became famous in history. It is the custom in many communities to read the biblical book of ruth, which tells the story of ruth, a moabite princessand ancestress of king davidwho converted to judaism. Rut ruth chapter 1 tanakh online torah bible chabad. For this reason it is placed in the septuagint after the book of judges. Like 1sa 12, it gives a series of intimate glimpses into the private lives of the members of an israelite family. What an appropriate time to read about the consummate convertand her justly deserved reward. Book of ruth, old testament book belonging to the third section of the biblical canon, known as the ketuvim, or writings.
The book of ruth, which is poetically idyllic in character, although the narrative is in the form of prose, contains an episode from the period of the judges. She married a jewish man named chilion who had migrated with his. The book of tanach recounting the story of ruths conversion to judaism and her marriage to boaz. Famine has hit bethlehem, which forces elimelech and his wife, naomi, to move east to. In the hebrew bible, ruth stands with the song of solomon, lamentations, ecclesiastes, and esther. Why we read the book of ruth on shavuot my jewish learning.
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