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Elli Fischer

Elli Fischer is a rabbi, translator, and writer living in Modi’in, Israel.

New Gleanings from an Old Book

New Gleanings from an Old Book

Elli Fischer

Ruth, one of the shortest books in all of Tanakh, has a simple plot: A man from Bethlehem moves with his family to Moabite territory to ride out a famine in Judea, his two sons somewhat scandalously marry Moabite women, and all the men subsequently die.