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Shavuot: Chag Matan Torah? (Pt II) Rabbi Shai Finkelstein
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between through. So it says the
following should which which means that
you should not oppress the
g by the way I would say a g might be a
convert might be a foreigner might be a
stranger might might be many things in
the Torah but let's just take it as a
convert because you you knew the soul or
the spirit of the psychulture
psychological condition of
the because you yourself were converts
in obviously there it's not converts
converts we are talking about obviously
strangers
okay said something very
interesting this verse basically
reestablished reestablished the idea
of uh in our judicial system the value
and the principle of what of shiv
equality and and
kindness listen to that this is like in
the 21st century we need to listen to
that it's
interesting the test for something like
that will be
how the Jewish state by the way he was
not the don't even think that was not
but he also like everyone else he
thought about there was going to be a
Jewish state that theoretical whatever
it called whatever state we will
have he says that the study case or the
test for this state is how this state
will approach
strangers. He says that they should
enjoy all the privileges that the law
gives to every
citizen and from a a behavior of what?
of love and
kindness. based on that value or that
principle. You have many other laws such
as that are presented here only in
general um
descriptions which means all the all the
laws that refers to how you treat
strangers. How do you treat people who
are not like you? That's basically
will define who we are as a state.
Now we all know where John Farh was
Germany from uh
1800 to 1880 if I'm not mistaken and um
he obviously was uh influenced by what
was going on there in Germany Ber in
that time there is emancipation there
are they're talking about equal rights
and talking about all of that and is
obviously influenced by that and in a
way if they can do it we definitely need
to what to lead it Is there a little bit
of a disconnect between uh ideals and
reality? I would assume. But also
sometimes you need to ask yourself a
question. What's what would be the
situation when those strangers do not
want you to be here. Okay, that's
obviously takes you to a little bit of a
of a different discussion. Okay, so now
he continues
um
He says this value of how you treat
strangers is also good for us as a
nation. Why? Because it will basically
imbue and perpetuate the idea that we
ourselves also just what? strangers in a
land that belongs to someone else to
Hashem and therefore we will not
exaggerate with our um uh I will say a
desire to have more and more property
and more and more property obviously
will create more and more a gap in
society and then the abuse of the people
who don't have it and then he
says By implementing that value, we will
basically focus on what? On the
important things, the spiritual things,
the moral
things. Because if I want to define you
as human, as a human being, I need to
know that you are moral, not that you
are
wealthy. Wealthy might add, but it will
not define
you. Beautiful.
Not sure how realistic it is but
beautiful. Okay. Also this shoe
obviously is in memory of Mel and Sylvia
David by their families. So yeah. So
okay. Yes. Was interested in the
difference
in one
says the other one
says one version is one thing one thing
the other version.
The second one I can understand more.
What does that mean? What does it mean
to love to do kindness or love that it
itself kindness or love of kindness?
Okay, so the Torah continues on with
this idea of loving the convert and
everything and
says that Hashem himself, one of the
characteristics of Hashem himself is
what? that he does the judgment or the
justice for the orphan and the and the
widow and he loves G to give him
what now that sounds
like mean I love the I gave them
okay so take a look in a second
says which means what it's an important
thing don't dismiss
That's what prayed before he
left will give me food to eat and close
to what to wear.
Okay, right? You should love the
converts of the strangers. Why? Because
you were strangers as well. In a way, by
the way, you know, the Jewish people,
the Israel always was on that uh we'll
call it the the spectrum of its mitim
and we always need to remember what how
we were treated in mitim and therefore
we shouldn't do it where in the land of
Israel and then in the land of Israel we
are always warned what to do not to
follow
the we always have this this timeline
that we have is between and Always
remember what you did there and whatever
what was done to you there do not do
when you are in control. Look one of the
most difficult things for us for amo
today is not poverty and not suffering
but rather power strength and
wealth. Think about it most of the time
as am as a nation what did we struggle
with? What did we struggle with?
What did we struggle with?
Persecutions. Pogs. They all hate us.
They all want to kill us, right? We are
the Mskanim. We have no land. We have no
place. We have no nowhere to go. Okay.
1948.
We have a place to go. They still hate
us. Oh, they still hate us. And because
we are poor and we are we don't have
anything. We can't protect ourselves.
Okay. 67 comes along. Oh, we are boem
pretty powerful, right? And we have no
one to blame. And not only that, we have
no one to blame. We almost doubled our
territory. And now we have
strangers. And what do you do? What do
you do when you have the power and you
can't blame anyone else besides
yourself? Oh, that's a problem.
It's easier in a way to be
near someone who has the
power and that's part of our struggle.
We don't really have too many examples
of how to behave when we have the power.
Give me examples from Tanakh.
David. Okay. Nice one. Okay. So, David
had the power.
No. Schlommo had the power, right?
Beautiful. What did he do with his
power? Very good. He what? Very good. He
had to support a thousand women, right?
But but besides that, build the beta
mikdash. Wonderful. Right. Uh silver,
gold was nothing in his time. Wonderful.
Okay. What else
combined made peace with a lot of people
made peace with a lot of people. Many
people were inspired by Judaism.
A lot of people don't say they had to
pay so many taxes and works so much. If
you want to know what people think about
someone, especially a king, don't ask
them while he's alive. Okay? Because
they will be dead. Ask them after he is
dead and they are alive. Right? And we
know with what do they say
to Right? And this
is right. Basically they all basically
had enough on this guy. Just imagine in
order to support his empire you had to
what to work very hard and pay a lot of
taxes. So the idea is when you have the
power does not mean necessarily that you
know what how to use it correctly. And
so many people has lack of understanding
about the difference between power and
influence which are two totally
different things. But the ideal is that
you should have the power and you should
have influence not only just to abuse
power. Most kings just abuse power.
Should know that. Yeah, that's true.
Okay, that's true. Okay, so here we have
what? That Hashem himself, the mighty
God, one of his praises is what? That
he's g he loves the converts or the
strangers. Okay. And that's basically
was uh something that was repeated in
the Torah many many times. So that's the
expectation, right? This is the what I
will call the Torah expectation from us
as a nation to love the convert to be
masim to the stranger all of that.
Wonderful. Take a take a look at root
root per we spoke a little bit about
last last week. So take a look
at so says to me I will go and try to
collect some uh food some wheat barley
whatever I can find in the in a
field that I will find favor in his eyes
and he and she says to her go my
daughter
Right. Take a look at
Rashi.
Rashi. I will go to the
field to one of the fields in the
city. What does that mean?
bothering that he will
not to rebuke.
Okay, get out of here. Okay, get out of
here. What are you doing here? Now, we
know that if she would collect it, it
would be which means it's something that
I am obligated to give, right? It's not
like I if I'm nice guy, I need to give
it, right? But because she's a stranger,
she's afraid that
what? that the owner of the field will
tell her what? Get out of here. Now, how
exactly they
learned those people at that time? But
they didn't know the girl, she
wasn't zar, not necessarily a convert.
We said it might be a stranger, not
necessarily a a convert. She was very
No, no. I'm saying that when we say gale
does not necessarily mean the halahic
definition of a convert. It might be
even a stranger. So if she's a stranger,
okay, there is a pool lady here who
tried to collect some wheat. She was
afraid that he will what? He will tell
her get out of here. Now two options
like we did last week. Option number
one, it's really no one will say
something like that. It's in her mind.
Sometimes this is a almost a reverse
psychology. people
who were not part of a group and now
they try to be part of a group they
think that the group think about them
all sorts of things even though when you
ask the group themselves they will say
we have no idea what you're talking
about okay so it might be some kind of
uh low self-esteem the truth had that's
option number one second option she
tried it she went once she went twice
she went three times and every time she
went Someone told her get out of here.
Okay. So, it might be based on
experience or it might be based
something really on in her mind. Okay.
Says the
um the
says we all know that she's why do you
need what to say it again?
What is the
word please? Like why do we need it
here? So the alche is like uh very
meticulous about it. And he says why
does she
say which means I will take only
the
so one more question or really few more.
So now he asks a question which is a bit
I will call it
sensitive. He interprets the idea
of enough that she
will try to find favor in the eyes of
the owner of the
field. Am I clear enough? Yeah. Okay.
Thank you. Okay. So the al says why
would she do that? And not only she
would offer it, she would be encouraged
by her by her mother-in-law. No me.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Shoo. Shoo. Go bey.
She should probably tell her root. We
don't do those things. You go to the
field. You collect what you collect. If
it says to you, get out of here, you
just go out. You leave. Don't try to
find favor in his eyes. And then it
says and it should say
what and
then
so he says like that.
Now take a look at how the alh describes
the situation in the time of the judges.
If that's the time of the judges
according to one opinion that that's
when meilat was uh was composed and was
written or we said that some others
think it was little later. Okay. So he
says,
First and foremost, she is a bit
concerned to go to those fields. Why?
Those fields are filled with young men
and she's afraid that they're going to
hurt
her. That's I'm Israel. Is And don't
forget they just came from where? Came
back from where? Moav. Okay, we always
like to speak about the Moabites and the
Medidianites and they were all what
terrible people, right?
difficult that's
inherit and also because she's a girl
and she's by herself and she will be
surrounded by many people especially
many men it's not not
says, "Even though she should not really
be concerned that they will abuse her,
God forbid, while she's in the field."
Why? Because there are many other people
there. Take a look.
This
is this is incredible. If I would tell
you that without the al he will tell me
rabbi
where does he get these ideas from just
from I will tell you okay no idea the
idea is is that he looks at what's going
on also by the way he does
understand is what they do something
good they are being saved and then they
go they go bad again so the idea the
atmosphere is such and he also he looks
at the puk and says is terrified to go.
Why would you be terrified? Answer is
Sar Rashi says, "Oh, someone will tell
her get out of here." He says, "It's not
only that. It's much more than that.
It's the fear of being abused. And if
it's not in the field, someone is going
to grab her on the way from one field to
another." Did women usually go out and
Oh, we'll talk. We'll talk
or men
go, right? But yes.
She's a she's afraid she was not going
to be accepted. I mean, we have to
presume
that
her I would imagine that if she spent a
lifetime, half a lifetime in her home,
she would learn what Judaism is all
about and she would know that, for
example, that there's something called
yolo and that she's entitled to that. If
they accept her as a woman,
Wonderful. But but
but it's not applic applic applic applic
applic applic applic applic applic
applic applicable here. There is no real
conversion
here. There is nothing here. There is
commitment to nationality and to their
god and commitment to her. Okay. Who are
the three rabbis who converted her and
when exactly she went to a mikv? We have
obviously no answers to that. And even
even if there was we are not talking
about a developed Russia balpe talking
in the time of the judges there is
there's almost nothing there there is a
narrative so all of that it's nice but
not here okay yes you judge you move
somewhere new totally foreign you're
going to judge it by your experience in
your country if she's around moabitete
men who are very abusive to women she's
fearful is this this going to happen in
this new nation do I need to be fearful
as these people. Okay. Might be true.
Like children, young children under the
age of bars is to walk all over town by
themselves in New York. Would you do
that? Me? No.
I just mean because you know it. All
right. Agree. I agree. It might be
another another interesting way to look
at that. She came already from an
experience even though I would say she
got married to Mlon or Kion whatever he
was and she was in a way protected in
her Bible. It might be that something
happened to her when she was, you know,
younger. Okay. Yes. They said she was a
princess. Uh, we try not to use
midashim. We try not to use midashim.
Okay. Yes.
It makes sense because there was a lot
of the morality was pretty low. And
second of all, I was thinking she is
writing this. Maybe in his years and
years. Sure it might be. It might be.
But we need proofs for that for where
what exactly the al saw in his society.
But even if we don't know definitely the
time of was not a great time for the
Jewish people. Okay. So he
continues. You see after the three dots
therefore so she was a very smart girl
and she had all those issues and she
addressed each one of them.
Okay. So he says like that she
goes what is in the beginning of the
harvest. Who goes at the beginning? Not
too many people. Not too much stuff.
Why? Not too much stuff. But who goes?
The Balabite. The Balabite wants to be
there when they the first cut. Okay, he
goes there and he knows after that it
will come more. But he goes in order to
see that it begins, right? So he's going
to be there. The family is going to be
there. Not too many poor people and not
too many men says root this is
exactly my timing. This is the best
timing to go. So she
goes and
then so he says she went at the
beginning of the in order to avoid all
the above which means not to be
surrounded by too many poor men. A B not
to um not to have fear from abuse
because the owner is not there. She goes
in the right place. Now also after Boas
recognized her and said to her yes you
can stay until until what? Until later
in the she always stickked with whom?
Withaz with the girls. So they went as a
group. So as a group they were not that
afraid. And then she and then he
saysh it's it's brilliant. It
says what
is specific specific field which means I
will go to that field and I will not
leave that field. I'm just going from
our home to the field and back. I'm not
going to go from one field to another
because I don't want to be captured.
Yes.
Needed more than just they needed
connection from Go. Not yet. Not yet.
That's the beginning of Pericbat. The
only thing that basically they don't
know yet that the field belongs to Bos,
right? When the Bit was there. Uh-huh.
So you say maybe he she Yeah.
But mostly at that time probably the
Balabite was already married in order to
have territory. But whatever it is, it
seems to be that she's more interested
in food right now. Yes.
Answer the question how they would know
she was specifically of.
So I hate to be anti-semite.
I would assume that they were
characteristics, facial characteristics,
body characteristics, maybe clothes,
maybe we will see other things that she
did or maybe even language. Language.
Yes. Accent. Accent. Language. My guess
that she didn't learn, you know,
whatever ancient Hebrew so quickly. Uh,
and even she if she did, I'm sure that
she had some kind of a moabitete accent.
So they they they immediately will see
that she's a noa. Also if she comes
alone, my assumption is that many people
will go with a little group with a
friend or something like that. She goes
really alone. Mash by herself. Yes. The
fact that the points
out harassed
you really happened and these are all
logical think.
I will just say one thing not about so
much friendly or not friendly. We're not
talking about here being very very non
friendly. Well, that's her perception.
Yeah. And that's and but the says it and
he doesn't say, "Oh, she shouldn't think
like
that." She should think like that. She
should, which is mama terrible when you
think about
it. So
now take a look at that. That I will
find favor in his eyes.
Take a look at that. This is an
incredible. If I will find a person that
I will find favor in his
eyes,
eyes not to find favor in his eyes. I'm
not going to stand in front of him. I'm
going to stand where? Behind him or at
his side so he will not look at me.
Meaning I am looking for someone that
can see me and not me. You with me?
Yeah. There's a lot of me. I want
someone that will see what I need, not
will see what he can get from
me, but without his eyes. That's what
the says.
She just wants to be don't look at me.
And also probably the feel she's alone.
She's a stranger. Huh? That's easy to
abuse. So I don't want it. And if you
want to give me something, don't give me
something with the expectation to get
something in exchange. You're not. What
you do is that you give
me is looking for which is incredible.
Yes. So writing it and he uses the word.
But we know when writes about telling
him to choose the son of the he also
uses a don't look at the
Right. So here she's also saying I don't
want to have anything to do with eyes.
Interesting. Yeah. But the idea is is
really don't give it to me because the
way I look give it to me because
it's which is very interesting because
don't forget what did she
do an
incredible with Nomi going with Nomi.
Okay.
This is this is not the first time I I
read it and every time I read it it's
like a
shock. Basically, Ruth says, "What?" She
says, "If I see that the owner looks at
me with like a in a negative way, I'm
out of there. I don't want that." Or if
I get a mockery or something like that
by the
other, I'm getting out of there.
Now since when beggars can be choosers
now what does it say about
root? Think about it
for sure. By the way, I forgot. I think
it was when I was in
Paris who painted
this one of the most famous uh paints
that it's I think it's root harvesting.
Do you know who I'm talking about?
Oh, yeah. Okay.
Whatever you will tell me, I'll believe
you. I I forgot the name. I I'm not But
you know what? You know the paint I'm
talking about, I think so. Yeah. Okay.
You see a woman
But you know what? You know what?
Whoever it is, it's definitely not me.
Okay. Okay. Definitely not me. And you
see a woman and are going to talk about
it that Davkashi was the most modest
girl collecting the the wheat.
And it's interesting because it seems to
be the truth is very concerned about how
she they're going to behave to her. What
about the other girls?
Were they concerned? They were not
concerned. They were looking to try to
maybe find the husband there.
Interesting. We will deal with that if
we'll have time. So, yes. Also, it's
interesting that everybody calls her
except I don't think he ever if we have
time, we'll talk about it. If not, we'll
be next year.
Um, okay. I'm I'm trying I'm trying to
do it quickly.
Um, we are on page
three. What does it
mean? Right.
To whom she belongs to, right? Which
means it was a an anomaly to see a a
girl by herself doing that those things,
right? It's it's strange. That's a B.
That's very similar. You mentioned and
Davidid
when Golat when the story with Golat so
sees David and
says right and D says to him before you
ask who he is ask if he's worthy for to
be a king and he's not because he comes
from who did she belong to now why would
you say that so maybe because he was
amazed that she came alone a B maybe
because he was amazed by what she did
how she carried herself okay So take a
look at the
six a little bit of a late but whatever
it
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says says why did he ask about her? He
knows her. What does it mean he knows
her? How did he heard the story? Oh
yeah. Do you remember when Nomi came
back with Ruth? I don't know if we if we
finish it last week, but when came back
to everyone is talking this is Naomi. By
the way, everyone is talking about them.
No one invited them for a Friday night
dinner, right? Everyone said, "Oh my
gosh, did you hear about that story?"
So, Bos also heard it.
Now, this is some criticism on
Boss. They are your
relatives. Why don't you do anything?
So we spoke about it a bit last
week. They were
ashanda. That family was an
embarrassment. We spoke about it. El who
was supposed to be a leader leaves the
country because it's a little hard and
then they come back when there is more
food in Israel. They were so they might
be that they were embarrassed by them.
8B. We know from the later one from
Peragdal that there was someone who was
more closer in terms of um of being a
family member to Boaz Ael the one who
refused to take hood. So he was what he
was closer. So maybe Boa says you know
what you know Yanim someone else should
do that. Um and also maybe Boaz had some
you know family issues of his own. So he
was not able to to take care of food.
But whatever it is he asked. Why would
he ask about
her? Rather he saw that she is what?
Extremely modest.
Why? Which means all the other women
will bend down in order to collect
whatever they want. and she will do it
while she's standing. I can understand
also the difficulty in order to do so.
But she extra
modest then
Yeah. All the other women who came
there, they were which means what? They
were flirting with a man in order to
what? To try to find a
husband and Okay. So what does instead
of doing that because she is alone,
she's a widow, she has nothing. If she
will marry she will be in a much better
condition.
Now, what
does she's trying to hide herself in a
way? To hide
herself. Okay. Oh, take a
look. So, they also make the what? They
they try to compare between when Sha
says who is this guy because they saw
that Davidid is special. So when you see
someone special you say you say who is
this guy but it does not explain
yet which will say me not. So then he
says that what
her lineage
Yeah. But but what's what's the problem
if she to take care of their own and go
when they're taking care of her?
She's in the wrong place.
Okay, we have a bit of a problem here.
We have a more of a than a bit of a
problem.
Okay, the
Okay. What else do we know about
Rael is buried there, right?
Yeah, binyamin and always have some kind
of u a bit of togetherness and also
tension. For example, we know that most
of the beta mikdash is where
in pinamin's
territory and there's only a little that
goes to Yehuda and always Yehuda wants
more. And how do we know that
um
That's what that's the gets between his
shoulders. God dwell. That's where the
bet and then there
is. Yeah. Yeah. And by the way, just as
a side note, one of the reasons, not the
only reason, but one of the reasons is
because of what? No. Simple.
Was the only one who was born in Israel.
A B was not involved in
Ysef and never bend down to a self
because he was not born. So that's not
fair but he did he never did it. So
that's itself it's a very interesting
thing about beta mikdash also. Okay. So
going back to our
issue, I read it and I'm not sure that
that's the best reading, but he thought
that because he is from Yehuda and maybe
she is not from Yehuda and therefore
what he cannot
marry
her. What does that mean? What does that
how does that reflect on am
with the no that they had to marry
within their own shape but that was only
for that generation yeah that was only
for that generation after they conquered
the land it it was
canceled I'm from Yehuda you are from we
don't do that by the way
who who is the
one
that and
Binyamin basically blamed each other for
the troubles he caused.
No.
Hello.
Says, meaning you can look at Modai as a
as a troublemaker. Why didn't you what?
Bow down to Ammon. there who must speak
and then
binyamin then said to
binam would kill ham will not be here.
So everyone will blame each other. By
the way, there is even something more
ancient than that. In the multil when
they uh they studied the
pukin don't call
it which means we always think since
kindergarten that who was the first one
to jump into Yamsu.
I hate to burst your bubble. Okay. and
tell
Ganeti that uh she needs to learn the
Mhila and the Mhila says that there are
other options that Davka Binyamin was
the first one to go down to the Yamsu
and when Chevetuda saw that they start
stoning them say no no no we should go
first and
then and they also got into this who is
going to go first or maybe it's not by
the way this is this is a very
interesting thing this is a midrashim
that was composed around the second
century
And there was a debate between the
tanim. Should we try to go back to what
we will call
Malutah? Oh, we can have a king and
leaders, someone who is not from
especially after the destruction of the
temple. You know was the head of the sun
and who was not from and we have a
problem because of
what should be from not from. So
whatever different shoe not now but
going back to our issue is that he says
I can't marry her even if I want if she
is not from today I cannot marry her by
the way at the end of the day he did
marry she was not from any chevet right
she was from a different chev so
whatever it was that that what boas said
which is very very interesting now also
there is tension
between because of
which was we need to learn it once I
think uh and to try to understand how we
compare it to do and all of that. Yes,
the interpretation that was looking at
him he had what we said before was he
heard no had come back and he
hadn't hadn't acted on it at all and and
then he sees this girl
in his field. He's thinking to himself,
I think I made a mistake. She She's a
very lovely girl. Not not in a romantic
way. Right.
I think I've made a mistake. That should
be very good. It looks like Nom's done
quite a good job with her. Okay. Very
good. Um it might be that has some quote
unquote regrets and says, "Whoa,
Reega, I'm she's she's a wonderful
person, right? I should have done more."
Might be. So
then so one of the guys you know the
people who is in charge says to
how derogative derative derative
derogatory it can be nothing just a
moabitete girl came from with me from
the field of
mo how can you be So cruel.
Heartless. No problem. People do that
all the time. No problem. Who is
that? But becoming but part of his
problem. But he's saying something nice.
He says what? She's not lazy this girl.
She is here from what? From the morning
until now. And she didn't take
breakfast, lunch or dinner breaks. Okay.
She's here.
Now take a
look. All right. He talks to her like
nomi, right? He says to
her.
Now definitely by saying bet he is
telling her I can be like your father
but not father of father. I can be what?
Someone who can protect you, can shield
you.
Okay? Don't go any other
fields. Stick here. Stay in the field
with my
girls. Now, take a look at this verse. I
don't know if you ever thought about it,
but if you did, if you didn't, now it's
the time.
I commanded the guys do not touch her.
Which means
without that commandment
they would
have you
remember this is incredible.
Meaning Boaz says to them, "You forgot
what the Torah
says." Meaning Boaz in a way
root brought back
what? Morality back to the Jewish
people.
And it
says it says you need to be extra
sensitive to the girl. And what do we
do? We abuse them. We rebuke them. We
tell them to get out of there. What are
we doing? We for we
forgot. What was the reason we got out
from
it? That's not only
do she in a way revives the memory of
Exodus.
And then she
says like why do you even pay attention
to me? I I'm a foreigner. I'm a
stranger. Meaning she does not even
believe that what she's worthy that
she's worthy of some kind of a
recognition who godly I was told.
what you did with your mother-in-law
after your husband died.
But that sounds exactly
like he went to a what a totally foreign
strange nation. So I cannot ignore it.
Yes.
You know, teaching us to look at
the
back. Sure.
And the brothers and the Jacob and
yourself and the
brothers. Look, we spoke about it once.
Many stories in Tanakh will borrow
sentences or phrases or expressions in
order for us to make the connection.
I'll give you a teaser uh le shav
uh I think I'm still forming it in my
mind but uh about uh the way to compare
meat to meat
not in my just between we have 20
minutes uh something like
that sorry um so the idea is is that we
have those expressions and it's come to
tell
you go back to those
stories.
Okay. Um Oh, we need to finish, right?
Because of the m and all. Um
uh
no.
Uh okay. Take a look at on page five
rash in the middle where it says um like
it's
underlined. He says um
page five. M two for the fifth the fifth
sentence after it
says you yourself experience through
your own flesh and blood how ignoring
the strangers and then ignoring them and
not and when you don't think that they
are equal to you just because they are
strangers then you start what abusing
them and then they start losing their
dignity and they're telling me okay and
you can do whatever you
want fast forward 20th
century same thing one of the ideas of
Nazism was what Jews have no identity no
nationality no nothing they can go
anywhere and therefore they are always
zarin they're always trained strangers.
You can always build fear based on
strangers. We always have this human
human nature fear that we if someone is
not like you, you are afraid of him. You
have your preconceived ideas about him
or her.
So I'm sorry we don't have all the time
in the world but I would say that root
brings back in a way the memories of the
reasons why we went out and what do we
need to learn from it in order to
implement it in we saw different
commentaries on what was going on in at
that time which was definitely not a
good one and she was the cause of
change.
She was the cause of change. And one
more thing, and I'm I'm concluding, Boaz
also did something um for the first time
in Jewish history,
he used the word, the name of God in a
mundane way where it
says, he says, Israel said it first. No,
no. He says, "Yeah, he was the first one
to say
he says he brought the name of Hashem
into the field because they thought the
field is the field. Yeah, we can hang
out with the girls." But when we go to
says
Boaz, the idea of changes in Israeli in
the Israeli society at that time was
something that we learned from Boaz. And
that's for today.