Commentaire sur Ruth 3:8

The man was startled. He thought it was a demon and wanted to scream, but she held him and encompassed him with her arms.

In the middle of the night, the man gave a start and pulled back: The Midrash⁵⁵Ruth Rabbah 6:1 says, “He began to touch her hair. He said (to himself) “Spirits do not have hair!” He said to her, “Who are you (a demon or a woman)?” But I questioned this since it is stated in Eruvin 100b, “She grows her hair long like Lilith.” Rashi explains, “Like a demon.” Therefore spirits do have hair. See what is written there…. After some time I saw what my grandfather, author of Hesed L'Avraham⁵⁶Author of several Kabbalistic works, most notably "Chesed L'Avraham". Born in Morocco, Abraham actualized his dream of emigrating to the Holy Land in 1610. Upon arrival in Egypt, the ship he had traveled with sank after all the passengers had disembarked. In commemoration of this miracle, his signature from that point on is in the shape of a ship. He had many prominent descendants, the most famous being Chida — his great- great- grandson. (Ein Gedi, Seventh Well, the 22 River) concluded that Lilith was different from other demons since she is a husk (and not a spirit).... What the reader asks is about the verse itself since it is not her way to appear except in a dream and to grasp ahold. See the Zohar, Vol,1 pages 54b and 169b. Further Boaz said the Shema and studied Torah which would have saved him.

And [he] turned about. וַיִּלָּפֵת =] and he was seized, as in, “And Shimshon grasped וַיִּלְפֹּת.”⁷Shoftim 16:29. Alternatively, “his skin Hardened [like a turnip= לפת] from fright.” (Maseches Sanhedrin 19b)