[Avodah] Ruth and Chesed

[Eli Turkel]

Our rabbi gave a drasha stressing the elements of chesed in Ruth and Boaz
and comparing it
by varous similar words to the story of Eved Avraham and Rivka which also
stresses chesed.

Boaz asks his servants who the strange woman was and they tell him that she
returned from Moav with Naomi. Boaz then allows Ruth to mix with his workers
and collect whatever she wants and Naomi comments on the great chesed.
Since Boaz now knows that Naomi is in town and is a close relative I would
have expected him to invite them for meals, perhaps give them money to start
over with (seems Boaz was rich) etc. Why is allowing Ruth to be with the
other poor people gleaning but with special privileges that she can drink
water with the workers, collect more of the leftovers such a chessed?


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Eli Turkel
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