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A little about Ruth…

The Book of Ruth describes a family from the tribe of Judah during the period of the Judges. The family members, a father and the two sons go down and move to Moab because of the severe famine in the land. The boys marry Moabite, non-Jewish women. Over time, the three men {father and sons} died. Mother Naomi and her two daughters-in-law: Orpah and Ruth remain. Naomi decided to return to Judah, the bride – Orpah remained in Moab. Ruth, the second bride, refused to leave Naomi and joined her in Judah.
Ruth goes to gather crops in the field of Boaz, a relative of Naomi. Ruth likes Boaz and he invites her back to the field until the end of the harvest. Ruth and Boaz get married.

After losing her entire family, Naomi wishes to leave her long self-exile in Moab, back home to Judea. She knows she has no rights, no estate, no land, and no clan to rely upon. She knows she is far too old to bear new sons to care for her estate in the patriarchal society of those days.

This is when Ruth and Orpah, Naomi’s loving devoted daughters in law, enter the story. They’re her last hope. They are young and beautiful, and fertile. According to the Jewish biblical law, should they manage to marry a relative of Naomi, and bear children, they can win an estate for the family. Naomi’s refined nature does not allow her to urge the two young women to come back with her. In the contrary, she encourages them to go back to their homeland: “Turn back, my daughters; why will ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?”. Though she is well aware of the miserable life waiting for her in Judea, she cares not for herself, but for the benefit of the daughters. Orpah accepts her mother in law’s request, kissed her farewell.

I love Ruth because she was enough of who God is in the life of Naomi, that she left behind all she used to know to trust in God. She was also obviously a diligent person, wiling to work hard to earn her way and to help Naomi. She put her faith greatness God.

Receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai is one of the most important milestones in the Jewish tradition. It represents the making of the covenant between God and the people of Israel.

The meaning of receiving the Torah, accepting the yoke of the kingdom of heaven and beyond, the main meaning of receiving morality for life, and receiving the title of sons to God that we were privileged to be the sons of a king.