룻기 2:8의 미드라쉬

“Boaz said to Ruth: Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another field, and also do not pass from here, but cleave to my young women” (Ruth 2:8).
“Boaz said to Ruth: Have you not heard, my daughter? Do not go to glean in another [aḥer] field” – this is on the basis of: “You shall have no other [aḥerim] gods before Me” (Exodus 20:3). “And also do not pass from here [mizeh],” on the basis of: “This [zeh] is my God and I will exalt Him” (Exodus 15:2). “But cleave to my young women” – these are the righteous who are called youth, as it is stated: “Will you play with it as with a bird? Will you bind it for your young women?” (Job 40:29).¹⁶⁷The reference is to the leviathan that God will provide to the righteous in the future. The midrash thus explains the seemingly repetitive phraseology of the verse to mean that Boaz was subtly encouraging Ruth to continue to be a righteous convert.

“Ruth the Moavite said: He even said to me: Cleave to my young men until all my harvest is finished” (Ruth 2:21).
“Ruth the Moavite said: He even said to me: Cleave to my young men…” Rabbi Ḥanin bar Levi said: Clearly she is a Moavite, as he said: “But cleave to my young women” (Ruth 2:8), and she said: “Cleave to my young men.”
“She cleaved to Boaz’s young women.” Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman said: From the beginning of the barley harvest until the end of the wheat harvest is three months. “She lived with her mother-in-law” – Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her: My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you…. Now isn’t there Boaz, our acquaintance?” (Ruth 3:1–2).²⁰²The rest that Naomi sought for Ruth was through marriage, and she therefore mentioned Boaz, as she intended to bring about the marriage of Boaz and Ruth.