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

Micha Berger micha at aishdas.org
Tue Jun 5 04:13:22 PDT 2012


On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 07:04:21AM +0300, menucha wrote:
> Wouldn't work according to Midrash Ruth Rabba  that she was 40 years old  
> when married Boaz.

20 years of beis din deliberations before they would vote "'Moavi' velo
Moavis"? <half-grin>

It also wouldn't work according to those who use the words of the megillah
to show the steps of conversion, as that presumes the conversion was after
their return.

My question is more about why this answer isn't given, not whether it was
consistent with those answers that were. IMHO, it has fewer remining
problems than assuming a normal conversion before the original marriages,
or Rus not converting until after her arrival in EY.

BTW, in his original proposal, RRW suggested that at the time, they could
have held of other cases of a conversion with a tenai lemafreia. I though
that was overly complicated. But if so, her age is a non-issue.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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