MORE ABOUT SHAVUOS
There is a custom to eat dairy (milchigs) on Shavuos.
- Pharaoh's daughter drew Moshe out of the water on the 6th of Sivan & he was willing to be nursed only by a Hebrew woman.
- Therefore we recall Moshe's merit on Shavuos by eating milk foods.
- Furthermore, the numerical values of the letters of the Hebrew word milk (chalav) add up to
40 corresponding to the 40 days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai.
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Q. Who wrote the Book of Ruth?
A. The Prophet Samuel (Bava Batra 14b). - Q. During which historical period did the events of the Megillah of Ruth occur?
A. During the era of the Judges (Shoftim) the Judges.
Boaz was the shofet at the time (1:1). - Q. Who was Naomi’s husband
A. Elimelech (1:2). - Q. After she returned from Moav by what name did Naomi ask to be called?
A. Mara (1:20). - Q. How was Boaz related to Naomi?
A. He was her husband's brother's son (2:1, Rashi). - Q. Into what did Boaz tell Ruth to dip her bread?
A. Vinegar (2:14). - Q. Why is Elimelech’s brother refered to a Ploni Almoni & not by his real name.
A. Since he didn't want to redeem his brother's property & thereby discharge his family
duty (Rashi 4:1). - Q. With what object did Boaz redeem Elimelech’s property?
A. With a shoe (according to the Targum, a glove) (4:8). - Q. The people & the elders blessed Ruth that she should be like whom?
A. Like Rachel and Leah (4:11). - Q. What was Ruth’s relationship to King David?
A. She was his great-grandmother: Ruth, Oved, Yishai, David (4:22).
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7 REASONS WHY WE READ THE MEGILLA OF RUTH ON SHAVUOS
- The events occurred during the harvest season,
Shavuos is the harvest festival.
- Ruth was a convert to Judaism.
Conversion is an individual Kabbalas HaTorah.
- Ruth the Moabite was permitted to marry Boaz, based on a teaching of the Oral Law (drasha)
of the verse, "A Moabite may not marry into the Congregation of Hashem" (Devarim 23:4).
This hints at the unity between the Written Torah & the Oral Torah.
| - David Hamelech was born on Shavuos.
The Megillah of Ruth concludes with David's lineage.
- To teach the greatness of acts of living kindness (gemillus chassadim).
- To teach that the Torah is acquired only through affliction & poverty.
- The name "Ruth" has the numerical value of 606.
At Har Sinai the Jewish People accepted 606 mitzvos, in addition to the 7 Noachide Laws
which were incumbent upon them already.
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