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<DIV>On 5/25/2007 RET wrote: </DIV>
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color=#000000 size=2>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<BR>the
wags of the day stating that it was obvious that Boaz was punished
for<BR>marrying Ruth the Moabite. After all both Machlon and Boaz died and Boaz
immediately<BR>after the marriage. The "obvious" conclusion is that G-d was
announcing that it<BR>was prohibited to marry a Moabite and Boaz was a
sinner.<<</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>My father said in a shiur (and I think there is something similar in the
introduction to the ArtScroll Megillas Rus) that the Hashgacha didn't want a
wave of Moabite women coming into Klal Yisrael -- but only this one tzadekes,
Rus. When Boaz died, people thought that maybe the Sanhedrin had erred in
permitting Ruth's gerus, and indeed the issue remained clouded for years.
Thus, no more Moabite women were permitted to convert.<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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