[Avodah] determining G-d's actions

[Eli Turkel]

I saw a nice vort from the Brisker Rav over Shavuot.
He mentions that according to the Medrash Tanchuma Boaz dies the very night
that he married Ruth after she was pregnant. The Griz said that he imagined
the
wags of the day stating that it was obvious that Boaz was punished for
marrying
Ruth the Moabite. After all both Machlon and Boaz died and Boaz immediately
after
the marriage. The "obvious" conclusion is that G-d was announcing that it
was
prohibited to marry a Moabite and Boaz was a sinner.

The truth was that King David and the Moshiach descend from them and in fact
Boaz was
kept alive at 80 so that he could have that one night.

The upshot the Griz concludes is that one should not attempt to guess why
actions
happen to people. One is just as likely to guess exactly wrong as to guess
correctly.

kol tuv

-- 
Eli Turkel
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