Megillas Rus, Perek 2 Part 2/2

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Nearly every pasuk in Megillas Rus, like nearly every pasuk in Parshas Vayeshev, begins with a Vav. The Vav stands for continuity, running from Yehuda, Tamar and Peretz in Vayeshev straight to the malchus of David at the end of Rus. Rashi, based on a Midrash Rabba, reads Naomi's instructions as washing away avodah zarah and anointing with mitzvos. Putting on Shabbos clothing is putting on a scent of olam haba.

Key points

• Rus coming to the field of Naomi's relative Boaz was nothing random.
• In Chazal's reading, the three harvest months let Rus wait out havchana before marrying Boaz.
• Rashi reads the clothing Naomi tells Rus to put on as her Shabbos clothing.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Pesukim that begin with Vav
2. 2:35Rus gathers in Boaz's field
3. 4:48Naomi recognizes Boaz as redeemer
4. 5:59Rus as a Moabite convert
5. 8:23The three months and havchana
6. 9:48Naomi's plan for the threshing floor
7. 11:34Rashi on washing and anointing
8. 12:47Shabbos clothing and Moshiach

Topics

• Megillas Rus
• Boaz
• Havchana
• Shabbos