Talmud do Rut 3:3
וְרָחַ֣צְתְּ ׀ וָסַ֗כְתְּ וְשַׂ֧מְתְּ שמלתך [שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְ] עָלַ֖יִךְ וירדתי [וְיָרַ֣דְתְּ] הַגֹּ֑רֶן אַל־תִּוָּדְעִ֣י לָאִ֔ישׁ עַ֥ד כַּלֹּת֖וֹ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃
Umyj się tedy i namaść, i włóż najpiękniejsze szaty na siebie, a zajdź na tok; ale nie daj się owemu mężowi poznać, póki jeść i pić nie przestanie.
Jerusalem Talmud Peah
Rebbi Ḥanina said: A person has to have two outer garments, one for weekdays and one for the Sabbath. What is the reason (Ruth 3:3): “Wash, rub yourself with oil, and put on your clothes131In Babli Sabbath 113b, this is a saying of R. Eleazar, a frequent tradent of sayings by R. Ḥanina. The explanation of Rashi is taken straight from this Yerushalmi or from the (Yerushalmi) parallel in Midrash Ruth rabba 5:12. The speaker is Naomi, the person addressed Ruth. It is spelled out in Ruth that they were poor enough to go and collect gleanings; hence, even if somebody is on welfare he needs separate outer garments for weekdays and Sabbath, and these must be provided by public assistance. Hence, this paragraph belongs to the current Halakhah..” Was she naked? But that refers to her Sabbath clothes. When Rebbi Simlai preached this in public, the companions132The members of his yeshivah. cried and said to him, our teacher, as our garments are on weekdays so our garments are on the Sabbath. He said to them, nevertheless, you have to change, from this: “Wash, rub yourself with oil, and put your clothes on yourself and descend to the threshing floor.” (It is written “I will decend,” she said to her, my merits will go down with you.133This aggadic insert is appropriate in Midrash Ruth but is intrusive here. However, R. Simlai, the famous preacher, will not let the occasion for a sermon pass by. Was she naked? No, she said to her: put on your Sabbath garments.)
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