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Dedicated by David and Eda Schottenstein In the loving memory of Alta Shula Swerdlov And in honor of their daughter Yetta Alta Shula, "Aliyah" Schottenstein
In Middle of the Night- Sometimes, To Acheive Greatness, You Have To Take Risks. Studying the Book of Ruth, Class 3
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Dedicated by David and Eda Schottenstein In the loving memory of Alta Shula Swerdlov And in honor of their daughter Yetta Alta Shula, "Aliyah" Schottenstein
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Kathryn Hauser -7 years ago
I agree, sometimes one has to take risks to
achieve greatness. And sometimes one
takes risks and one’s own homies cannot recognize the great courage it is
extracting.
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Zlata Ehrenstein -7 years ago
outstanding!
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Daniel -11 years ago
Yibum
After ruth converted, she was no longer related to boaz. So why did boaz have to do yibum?
Thanks for your help.
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Anonymous -11 years ago
Re: Yibum
1) Some say that Ruth converted much earlier, before her marriage to Elimelech's son. So she was married to him after she was Jewish.
2) this was not Yibum in its classical sense, as Boaz was any way not her brother in law. It was symbolic, in order to perpetuate the name and estate of the diseased, Machlon.
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ben -11 years ago
navigation
can you please make it as easy to naviate this series for your parsha classes? i download a few at a time and it is challenging to find the right ones in the archives.
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Anonymous -12 years ago
questions
thanks for a really great shiur, but i have a few questions regarding this lesson:
1- If Yehuda instituted Yibum because he knew it would later be a part of the Torah, and kept the Torah before it was given, why could they resort to forbidden relations- ie Tamar marrying her father-in-law, in order to keep a Torah law? Even though it wasnt forbidden yet, it would be by matan torah- why was keeping yibum before matan torah more imortant than not having forbidden relationships before matan torah?
2- How could what Lot's daughters did-having a relationship with their father- be called a kindness, if we know what they did was wrong and immoral?
3- Could you please clarify the kri/kesiv point. How did Naomi saying 'me' show that what Rus was doing was not selfishly motivated?
4- and lastly, if 2 husbands die, and the third brother/relative bears a child, like with Tamar, is the son considered the son of the first husband or the second?
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Anonymous -12 years ago
Re: questions
I am looking into your question and will answer them shortly.
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