Commentary for Ruth 1:6
וַתָּ֤קָם הִיא֙ וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ וַתָּ֖שָׁב מִשְּׂדֵ֣י מוֹאָ֑ב כִּ֤י שָֽׁמְעָה֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב כִּֽי־פָקַ֤ד יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם לָֽחֶם׃
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the field of Moab; for she had heard in the field of Moab how that the LORD had remembered His people in giving them bread.
Nachal Eshkol on Ruth
She had heard that Adonai had taken note of His people. The sages said that she had heard this from the merchants who visit the towns. Rabbi Hirsch Darshan of Krakow explains that one cannot contradict merchants (about prices) since they sell women’s jewelry and because they visit all the towns they know the prices of jewelry. They told Naomi that they had traveled throughout the land of Israel so the famine must have stopped…
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