Megillas Rus, Perek 1 Part 2/2

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the pasuk say again that Naomi left, after already saying she got up to go? Rashi learns that when a tzaddik leaves a city, its shine leaves too. Naomi then pushes Rus and Arpa to go home. The two return to Beis Lechem at the start of the barley harvest, around Pesach.

Key points

• Rashi reads the extra word for leaving as the city losing its shine when a tzaddik leaves.
• Arpa kisses Naomi and leaves, while Rus cleaves to her and takes on gerus.
• The Gemara learns from these pesukim that a convert is told some of the mitzvos first.
• Naomi asks to be called Mara, bitter, since Hashem brought her back empty.
• The Omer offering is barley, animal food, while Shavuos brings an offering of human food.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Recap of the losses in Moav
2. 2:23Rashi on Naomi leaving the place
3. 4:37Naomi sends her daughters-in-law home
4. 8:53Yibum and Naomi's unborn sons
5. 10:38Arpa leaves and Rus cleaves
6. 13:21Rus accepts the mitzvos
7. 15:52Return to Beis Lechem and Mara
8. 18:43Barley harvest and the Omer

Topics

• Megillas Rus
• Gerus
• Yibum
• Karban HaOmer