Ruth #4: A Sword in the Beis Midrash -- Part 1 - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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Great achievements always necessitates great risks. Ruth does something very courageous and very risky. Following the instructions of her mother-in-law, Naomi, she waits till the night when their relative Boaz is winnowing the grain in his field. Ruth comes to the field and after Boaz Ruth comes to the field and after Boaz winnows, eats, drinks, feels good, and lies down to relax and retire for the night in his granary. Ruth approaches him subtly and lies down near him, exposes his feet, and then the possuk describes in the third chapter how it's the middle of the night and Boaz quakes, he trembles, he's grasped as he discovers that there's a woman lying right near him. He asks her, "Who are you?" And Ruth, And Ruth, in her consistent dignity and inner confidence, does not lose herself, she's not terrified. She responds, "I am Ruth, your maid." And she asks him to marry her. It was a very risky moment. He could have cursed her, he could have expelled her, he could have ran, he could have been furious at her. Instead, Instead, he's overwhelmed by a positive emotion, he blesses her. And he promises her to do it, but there is one condition. He says there is somebody who is a closer relative than I am. Now, let's recall this detail because it's extremely important to be able to move on. Boaz and Ruth were relatives, first cousins. How? Let us recall, there were four brothers, there was a man named Elimelech, who was the son of Nachshon ben Aminadav from the tribe of Yehudah, from the

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