[Avodah] Would Ruth's conversion be rejected today?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Gershon Dubin wrote:
> My recollection ... is that according to one man de'amar in
> the Gemara, Boaz collected the 10 zekenim to publicize the
> pesak of Moavi velo Moavis

R' Zev Sero responded:
> Which had nothing at all to do with the validity of Ruth's
> giyur; there is no indication that anybody ever doubted that,
> then or later.

Yet Naami certainly did see problems with Orpah's giyur. So much so, in fact, that she not only allowed Orpah to return to avodah zara, but she *encouraged* it. I suppose this is not a problem according to those who see Ruth's giyur as taking place in the latter part of the story, by "amech ami".

But what about according to those who hold that they both converted prior to marrying Machlon and Kilyon? Naami treated both Ruth and Orpah the same way, did she not? So if there were problems with the validity of Orpah's giyur, there must have been problems with the validity of Ruth's.

Akiva Miller


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