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<p>In Avodah Digest V24#28, RSBA wrote:<br>
> Baal HaTurim (19:12) says that "Boaz yotzo miS'dom" ! Yes his wife Ruth did. But Boaz?? <<br>
My BhT has the text "remez l'Boaz sheyatza _mimenu_" (which sounds like the next word is missing!) rather than "miS'dom." Perhaps the object of "sheyatza" isn't S'dom -- one possibility which comes to mind is David haMelech. <br>
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> BTW the Baal Haturim (19:26) writes that Lot's wife was called Irit. <<br>
See the last portion of RaMBaN's commentary on 19:17. <br>
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All the best from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager<br>
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