I saw a nice vort from the Brisker Rav over Shavuot.<br>He mentions that according to the Medrash Tanchuma Boaz dies the very night<br>that he married Ruth after she was pregnant. The Griz said that he imagined the<br>wags of the day stating that it was obvious that Boaz was punished for marrying
<br>Ruth the Moabite. After all both Machlon and Boaz died and Boaz immediately after<br>the marriage. The "obvious" conclusion is that G-d was announcing that it was<br>prohibited to marry a Moabite and Boaz was a sinner.
<br><br>The truth was that King David and the Moshiach descend from them and in fact Boaz was<br>kept alive at 80 so that he could have that one night.<br><br>The upshot the Griz concludes is that one should not attempt to guess why actions
<br>happen to people. One is just as likely to guess exactly wrong as to guess correctly.<br><br>kol tuv<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Eli Turkel