Commento su Rut 4:14

Blessed be Adonai, who has not withheld a redeemer from you today! The sages said,⁷⁹Ruth Rabbah 7:15 “Were it not for the women’s blessing, the line of David would have been cut off during the days of Atalyahu.”⁸⁰Atalyahu killed all of David’s male descendants with the exception of one small child who was successfully hidden away, the future King Yehoash (II Kings chapter 11) In Simchat HaRagel I alluded to this in the final letters of the words, לֹ֣א הִשְׁבִּ֥ית לָ֛ךְ גֹּאֵ֖ל הַיּ֑וֹם “Who has not withheld a redeemer from you,” spells out Malchut, monarchy. See what I wrote there at length. It might also be the first letters of the words, לֹ֣א הִשְׁבִּ֥ית לָ֛ךְ גֹּאֵ֖ל הַיּ֑וֹם וְיִקָּרֵ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל, Who has not withheld a redeemer from you today! May his name be perpetuated in Israel,” have the numerical value of Babylonia and Persia (בבל ופרס) This alludes to the fact that the lineage of David was in danger of destruction twice. First in the time of Babylonia in the time of wicked Nebuchadnezzar who sought to destroy the seed of King David. But God in his compassion for David made sure that the wife of Johyachin was given permission to visit her husband in prison and there she became pregnant as the sage said. The second time was during the Kingdom of Persia as is written in the story of Bustanai. God in his compassion did not allow the redeemer to be jailed so that the son of Jesse lived and was comforted. “The righteous man runs and is safe in Jerusalem to the light of life! .