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Study Guide
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Week 3 (May 13-19): The Deeper Meanings
Mitzvah Project: A large part of the book of Ruth is about tzedakah.
Distribute tzedakah boxes at local businesses in your community to go to
Tikun Olam!
- God in the Book of Ruth
Recommended Source: Zot HaTorah by Jane Ellen Golub with
Joel Lurie Grishauer, chapter 17, page 81.
We do not see any direct divine intervention in the story? Why do you
think that this occurs in this particular story? Do the circumstances
require that Ruth and Naomi persevere without the divine intervention?
How are the actions of the characters (Ruth, Naomi, Boaz) bzelem elokim,
in the image of God?
How do the characters "honor" God? Are there any points when they do
not?
- Heroism
Recommended Source: Jewish Leadership and Heroism by Jack
Moline
What acts, if any, by Ruth, Naomi or Boaz could be considered heroic?
Should we consider any of these characters biblical heroes?
- Lamed Vav Zaddikim
Recommended Source: Encyclopedia Judaica article on the
Lamed Vav Zaddikim
Background: It is said that at any time period, there
exist no less than 36 righteous people who are given the sight of the
shechinah (Divine presence), and the world exists for their sake, with
one of them being the Messiah.
How do Ruth and/or Naomi keep their world
from falling apart? What role does Boaz play in this?
If it is said the
messiah will descend from King David, and David was related to Ruth, how
would that make the relationship between Ruth and this concept seem relevant?
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