[Avodah] Ruth on Shavuos

[martin brody]

"Where is the primary source stating that a reason that Ruth is read on
Shavuot is because of her giyur, and Matan Torah like giyur (or
something like that?)
thanks,
menucha"
There are several reasons given for reading Ruth on Shavuos, however it's
only a custom that many do not share,and I'm not sure there are primary
sources for any of them.
My own favourite is that the Torah is the Book of Loving Kindness, therefore
we read Ruth because of the kindness she showed to Naomi and Boaz etc.,
which is reflected in her name, not used often, but means kind. We are more
used to its antonym, ruthless!

Martin Brody
310 474 1856
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/attachments/20090524/a9b3f99c/attachment-0001.htm>