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

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

I wrote:
> So if there were problems with the validity of Orpah's
> giyur, there must have been problems with the validity
> of Ruth's.

R' Micha Berger responded:
> Not necessarily. Hypothetically speaking, what if Naami
> saw Orpah, the day (or the hour) after tevillah, in front
> of her idols? That would certainly cast doubt on her
> qabbalas ol mitzvos at the time of tevilah, while still
> upholding Rus's geirus.

Yes, such a scenario would certainly cause problems for Orpah but not for Ruth. But would Naami have then allowed Orpah to live with her for the next *ten years*?

A simple reading of the psukim suggests that Naami treated Orpah and Ruth equally all the way until "amech ami". This leads me to believe that Orpah and Ruth acted similarly for the whole ten years.

If there are any Midrashim about events during those ten years, which suggest that Orpah was less serious about her Judaism than Ruth was, please tell me about them.

Akiva Miller

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