[Avodah] Questions on sefer Rus

[BKanter at aol.com]

Hi all:
 
I wanted to know if anyone knows where I can get info online (or  off) on the 
following 3 questions.
 
 
1) All of the relationships leading up to Dovid Hamelech are of a seemingly  
illicit or impure nature (bnos lot, Tamar, Rus & Boaz, even Yishai and his  
wife). I have read somewhere that this was necessary because if the "sitrah  
achra" knew that the moshiach was coming into the world he would have tried to  
stop it. Is there  a source for this idea? 
 
2) the idea that the people in the story were gilgulim of previous torah  
personalities (Boaz=Yehudah, Rus =Tamar etc.) the Alshich does speak about this  
but I also heard that Rus (and her modesty) was a tikun for the eldest  
daughter of Lot. Are there sources that you know of for this? 
 
3) The connection between Yibum and Moshiach. i.e, all the above  mentioned 
stories have a Yibum aspect to them (the idea of "L'hakim shem  hames") is 
there a source for this as far as you know?
 
Thanks 
 
Bill 
_bkanter at aol.com_ (mailto:bkanter at aol.com) 






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