[Avodah] Ruth Hamoaviah

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 01/06/17 23:05, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> Many times she is called simply "Ruth", and many times she is
> described as "Ruth Hamoaviah". Is there any reason or pattern to the
> distinction?
> 
> When I first thought of this question, I thought that perhaps the
> description was dropped after her geirus, but the megillah goes back
> and forth all the way through. Surely someone must have commented on
> this.

I only see four instances of "Ruth Hamoaviah", three in ch 2, and only 
one in ch 4, in Boaz's description of the situation to Tov.  Since his 
purpose was to scare him off, it made sense to mention her origin, so 
Tov would be reluctant to risk his future.


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