Kommentar zu Rut 2:6
וַיַּ֗עַן הַנַּ֛עַר הַנִּצָּ֥ב עַל־הַקּוֹצְרִ֖ים וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נַעֲרָ֤ה מֽוֹאֲבִיָּה֙ הִ֔יא הַשָּׁ֥בָה עִֽם־נָעֳמִ֖י מִשְּׂדֵ֥ה מוֹאָֽב׃
Der Knecht, der über die Schnitter bestellt war, antwortete: Eine moabitische junge Frau ist es, die mit Naomi von den Gefilden Moab heimgekehrt ist.
Rashi on Ruth
Who returned with Naomi. The accent is at the beginning, under the shin, because it is the past tense, and not the present tense [of the verb].10See Rashi in Bereishis 29:6.
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Nachal Eshkol on Ruth
“He replied, “She is a Moabite girl…” “And Your court just came up with a new interpretation of the law, saying that Halachah is that an Israelite woman cannot marry a Moabite man but an Israelite man may marry a Moabite woman.” (Deut. 23:4) Further, this one has the added virtue that she returned with Naomi, the righteous one. Her good deeds are well known and she (Ruth) follows Naomi's good deeds. “She (Ruth) said, ‘Please let me glean…since this morning until now.’” ‘She modestly stood here and did not go back and forth to the little hut.’ When she went out she did not return because she is so modest. She was gleaning wheat because of her wretched poverty so she didn’t come and go.
It is also possible to interpret what is written “A Moabite girl who returned from the fields of Moab,” allegorically, as Rabbi Menachem Azaria Mi’Fano17Menahem Azariah da Fano (also called Immanuel da Fano, and Rema MiPano (1548 – 1620) was an Italian rabbi, Talmudist, and Kabbalist. he was a recognized authority on rabbinic law and the foremost exponent in the West of the kabbalistic system of Moses *Cordovero. Under the influence of Israel *Sarug, who during his stay in Italy spread the knowledge of the mystical system of Isaac *Luria, Menahem Azariah became an admirer of the latter, though without departing from the system of Moses Cordovero. (wikipedia and JE) did: When the Sitra Achra18The Demonic Realm. This term refers to the realm of evil, parallel to the realm of holiness and the Sephirot. oppresses the soul at the time of its exit (death), it totally destroys the palace and brings down the building (it destroys body and soul) similar to the war of the kings to save the holy soul.19Uncertain about what this may mean. Possibly a reference to Abraham saving Lot during the war of the kings in Genesis 14.
The author of Zera Barekh20Berechiah Berak ben Isaac Eisik Shapira (died 1664) was a Galician preacher who was educated by Nathan Shapira, rabbi of Krakow, and was appointed preacher of that city, where he spent most of his life. He ultimately left for Jerusalem, but died en route at Constantinople .His sermons on the Torah,, the Megillot, and the Passover Haggadah were collected and published in two volumes under the title, Zerah Berak. (Wikiedia) (sec. 3), writes that in honor of Abraham, who saved his brother’s son (Lot), from whom Amon and Moab went forth, they were not entirely destroyed but gave birth to two fledglings (Ruth and Naama). This is what is stated: “She is a Moabite - she is a holy soul who was oppressed by the Sitra Achra - but now she has returned - to holiness through her sacred connection to Naomi. Why was she able to return and the entire palace not destroyed? In answer to this, he says, “From the fields of Moab,” - in honor of Abraham. That which is written, “I have been told of all that you did for your mother-in-law,” (Ruth 2:11) to mean, how you clarified the holiness from Moab.
Or else, it can be interpreted based on what the Keli Yakar said: A bride's kind eyes show that she is generous and is the opposite of women who have cruel eyes. Such a soul does not need an inspection. This is what Boaz said, ‘I have been told that you are a generous person,” and through this I know that your entire being is made up of good virtues - based on what you did for your mother-in-law. This shows your wholeness, as is said, Every, “body,” does not need inspection.
It is also possible to interpret what is written “A Moabite girl who returned from the fields of Moab,” allegorically, as Rabbi Menachem Azaria Mi’Fano17Menahem Azariah da Fano (also called Immanuel da Fano, and Rema MiPano (1548 – 1620) was an Italian rabbi, Talmudist, and Kabbalist. he was a recognized authority on rabbinic law and the foremost exponent in the West of the kabbalistic system of Moses *Cordovero. Under the influence of Israel *Sarug, who during his stay in Italy spread the knowledge of the mystical system of Isaac *Luria, Menahem Azariah became an admirer of the latter, though without departing from the system of Moses Cordovero. (wikipedia and JE) did: When the Sitra Achra18The Demonic Realm. This term refers to the realm of evil, parallel to the realm of holiness and the Sephirot. oppresses the soul at the time of its exit (death), it totally destroys the palace and brings down the building (it destroys body and soul) similar to the war of the kings to save the holy soul.19Uncertain about what this may mean. Possibly a reference to Abraham saving Lot during the war of the kings in Genesis 14.
The author of Zera Barekh20Berechiah Berak ben Isaac Eisik Shapira (died 1664) was a Galician preacher who was educated by Nathan Shapira, rabbi of Krakow, and was appointed preacher of that city, where he spent most of his life. He ultimately left for Jerusalem, but died en route at Constantinople .His sermons on the Torah,, the Megillot, and the Passover Haggadah were collected and published in two volumes under the title, Zerah Berak. (Wikiedia) (sec. 3), writes that in honor of Abraham, who saved his brother’s son (Lot), from whom Amon and Moab went forth, they were not entirely destroyed but gave birth to two fledglings (Ruth and Naama). This is what is stated: “She is a Moabite - she is a holy soul who was oppressed by the Sitra Achra - but now she has returned - to holiness through her sacred connection to Naomi. Why was she able to return and the entire palace not destroyed? In answer to this, he says, “From the fields of Moab,” - in honor of Abraham. That which is written, “I have been told of all that you did for your mother-in-law,” (Ruth 2:11) to mean, how you clarified the holiness from Moab.
Or else, it can be interpreted based on what the Keli Yakar said: A bride's kind eyes show that she is generous and is the opposite of women who have cruel eyes. Such a soul does not need an inspection. This is what Boaz said, ‘I have been told that you are a generous person,” and through this I know that your entire being is made up of good virtues - based on what you did for your mother-in-law. This shows your wholeness, as is said, Every, “body,” does not need inspection.
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