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Shavuot: A Marginal Holiday (Shavuot) (Book of Ruth)

June 02, 2006 | By Rabbi Joshua Lesser

Topic(s): Lesbian, Shavuot

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Ruth

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

A drash on the book of Ruth and its teachings about the spiritual nature of Shavuot. Ruth's pledge of mutuality and shared destiny to Naomi in the face of the unknown enables what is clearly a path of despair and hopelessness to be transformed so powerfully that it produces the seed of the messianic line.

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