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Why Do We Read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot?

Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Dr. Tikva Frymer-Kensky, z”l
No story in the Bible better demonstrates than the Book of Ruth the extraordinary power of love that goes beyond the expected obligation.

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