[Avodah] Another approach to Ruth's geirus

[Lisa Liel via Avodah]

On 5/28/2017 10:18 PM, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> R' Ben Waxman wrote:
>> I always assumed that of course they married non-Jews. Their
>> very names show that the two men were problematic personalities.
> Yes, but see Bava Basra 91a: "Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said that
> Elimelech, Machlon, and Kilyon were gedolei hador..."

Yes, but the dor in question was one where "each man did what was right 
in his own eyes".  So their being gedolei hador doesn't mean they were 
any better than, say, Yiftach.

Lisa

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