[Avodah] Boaz's nisayon with Ruth

[Ben Waxman via Avodah]

Maybe you're projecting 2016 sexual mores on a Middle Eastern society 
from 2500 years ago? Ruth was super modest. Doing something so unmodest 
(again, in that society (and in contemporary Torah society) could simply 
be taken as a sign that she wanted to sleep with him.

Ben

On 6/8/2016 8:02 AM, Marty Bluke via Avodah wrote:
> I am having a hard time understanding this nisayon. Imagine if you 
> woke up and found a beautiful woman (full clothed in a tznius manner) 
> lying at your feet. Would you have any hava amina to sleep with her?