Naomi - Heroine Behind the Scenes

Every time we read the Book of Ruth, a seemingly short and simple story, we find something new that we haven’t seen before. In this shiur, we focus on Naomi, who effectively orchestrates much of what happens with Ruth in Beth Lechem. We look at what is going on in the Megilla, and we add context by examining the role of the tribe of Yehuda in parts of the book of Shoftim, and the meaning of certain names of God.  People often speak of Megillat Ruth as a form of tikkun - symbolic repair - for what came before, and Naomi is at the center of this tikkun.