The New Jew: A Field Guide

Hebrew

בָּאת לַחֲסוֹת תַּחַת־כְּנָפָיו׃ וַתֹּאמֶר אֶמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנִי כִּי
נִחַמְתָּנִי וְכִי דִבַּרְתָּ עַל־לֵב שִׁפְחָתֶךָ וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּאַחַת שִׁפְחֹתֶיךָ׃
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ בֹּעַז לְעֵת הָאֹכֶל גֹּשִׁי הֲלֹם וְאָכַלְתְּ מִן־הַלֶּחֶם וְטָבַלְתְּ
פִּתֵּךְ בַּחֹמֶץ וַתֵּשֶׁב מִצַּד הַקֹּצְרִים וַיִּצְבָּט־לָהּ קָלִי וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּשְׂבַּע
וַתֹּתַר׃ וַתָּקָם לְלַקֵּט וַיְצַו בֹּעַז אֶת־נְעָרָיו לֵאמֹר גַּם בֵּין הָעֳמָרִים
תְּלַקֵּט וְלֹא תַכְלִימוּהָ׃ וְגַם שֹׁל־תָּשֹׁלּוּ לָהּ מִן־הַצְּבָתִים וַעֲזַבְתֶּם
וְלִקְּטָה וְלֹא תִגְעֲרוּ־בָהּ׃ וַתְּלַקֵּט בַּשָּׂדֶה עַד־הָעָרֶב וַתַּחְבֹּט אֵת
אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּטָה וַיְהִי כְּאֵיפָה שְׂעֹרִים׃ וַתִּשָּׂא וַתָּבוֹא הָעִיר וַתֵּרֶא חֲמוֹתָהּ
אֵת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּטָה וַתּוֹצֵא וַתִּתֶּן־לָהּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹתִרָה מִשָּׂבְעָהּ׃
וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ חֲמוֹתָהּ אֵיפֹה לִקַּטְתְּ הַיּוֹם וְאָנָה עָשִׂית יְהִי מַכִּירֵךְ בָּרוּךְ
וַתַּגֵּד לַחֲמוֹתָהּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָה עִמּוֹ וַתֹּאמֶר שֵׁם הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר
עָשִׂיתִי עִמּוֹ הַיּוֹם בֹּעַז׃ וַתֹּאמֶר נָעֳמִי לְכַלָּתָהּ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַיהוָה
אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָזַב חַסְדּוֹ אֶת־הַחַיִּים וְאֶת־הַמֵּתִים וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ נָעֳמִי
קָרוֹב לָנוּ הָאִישׁ מִגֹּאֲלֵנוּ הוּא׃ וַתֹּאמֶר רוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה גַּם ׀ כִּי־אָמַר
אֵלַי עִם־הַנְּעָרִים אֲשֶׁר־לִי תִּדְבָּקִין עַד אִם־כִּלּוּ אֵת כָּל־הַקָּצִיר
אֲשֶׁר־לִי׃ וַתֹּאמֶר נָעֳמִי אֶל־רוּת כַּלָּתָהּ טוֹב בִּתִּי כִּי תֵצְאִי עִם־
נַעֲרוֹתָיו וְלֹא יִפְגְּעוּ־בָךְ בְּשָׂדֶה אַחֵר׃ וַתִּדְבַּק בְּנַעֲרוֹת בֹּעַז לְלַקֵּט
עַד־כְּלוֹת קְצִיר־הַשְּׂעֹרִים וּקְצִיר הַחִטִּים וַתֵּשֶׁב אֶת־חֲמוֹתָהּ׃
וַתֹּאמֶר לָהּ נָעֳמִי חֲמוֹתָהּ בִּתִּי הֲלֹא אֲבַקֶּשׁ־לָךְ מָנוֹחַ אֲשֶׁר יִיטַב־
לָךְ׃ וְעַתָּה הֲלֹא בֹּעַז מֹדַעְתָּנוּ אֲשֶׁר הָיִית אֶת־נַעֲרוֹתָיו הִנֵּה־הוּא
זֹרֶה אֶת־גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעֹרִים הַלָּיְלָה׃ וְרָחַצְתְּ ׀ וָסַכְתְּ וְשַׂמְתְּ שִׂמְלֹתֵךְ
עָלַיִךְ וְיָרַדְתִּי הַגֹּרֶן אַל־תִּוָּדְעִי לָאִישׁ עַד כַּלֹּתוֹ לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתּוֹת׃
וִיהִי בְשָׁכְבוֹ וְיָדַעַתְּ אֶת־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב־שָׁם וּבָאת וְגִלִּית
מַרְגְּלֹתָיו וְשָׁכָבְתִּי וְהוּא יַגִּיד לָךְ אֵת אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשִׂין׃ וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ
כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאמְרִי אֶעֱשֶׂה׃ וַתֵּרֶד הַגֹּרֶן וַתַּעַשׂ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוַּתָּה
חֲמוֹתָהּ׃ וַיֹּאכַל בֹּעַז וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַיִּיטַב לִבּוֹ וַיָּבֹא לִשְׁכַּב בִּקְצֵה הָעֲרֵמָה

Sephardi

Ba'at lachasot tachat-kenafav: vatomer emtza-chen be'einecha adoni ki
nichamtani vechi dibarta al-lev shifchatecha ve'anochi lo eheyeh ke'achat shifchoteicha:
Vayomer lah Bo'az le'et ha'ochel goshi halom ve'achalt min-halechem vetavalt
piteich bachometz vateshev mitzad hakotzrim vayitzbat-lah kali vatochal vatisba
vatotar: vatakam lelaket vayetzav Bo'az et-ne'arav leimor gam bein ha'omarim
telaket velo tachlimuhah: vegam shol-tashollu lah min-hatzevatim va'azavtem
veliktah velo tig'aru-vah: vatelaket basadeh ad-ha'arev vatachbot eit
asher-liketah vayehi ke'eifah se'orim: vatisa vatavo ha'ir vatere chamotah
eit asher-liketah vatotze vatiten-lah eit asher-hotirah misav'ah:
vatomer lah chamotah eifoh likatt hayom ve'anah asit yehi makireich baruch
vataged lachamotah eit asher-astah imo vatomer sheim ha'ish asher
asiti imo hayom Bo'az: vatomer Na'omi lechalatah baruch hu laAdonai
asher lo-azav chasdo et-hachayim ve'et-hametim vatomer lah Na'omi
karov lanu ha'ish migo'alenu hu: vatomer Rut hamo'aviyah gam ki-amar
eilai im-hane'arim asher-li tidbakin ad im-kilu eit kol-hakatzir
asher-li: vatomer Na'omi el-Rut kalatah tov biti ki tetze'i im-
na'arotav velo yifge'u-vach besadeh acher: vatidbak bena'arot Bo'az lelaket
ad-kelot ketzir-hase'orim uketzir hachitim vateshev et-chamotah:
vatomer lah Na'omi chamotah biti halo avakesh-lach manoach asher yitav-
lach: ve'atah halo Bo'az moda'tanu asher hayit et-na'arotav hineh-hu
zoreh et-goren hase'orim halailah: verachatzt vasacht vesamt simloteich
alayich veyaradti hagoren al-tivade'i la'ish ad kaloto le'echol velishtot:
Vihi veshachvo veyada'at et-hamakom asher yishkav-sham uva't vegilit
margelotav veshachavti vehu yagid lach eit asher ta'asin: vatomer eleihah
kol asher-tomeri e'eseh: vatered hagoren vata'as kechol asher-tzivatah
chamotah: vayochal Bo'az vayesht vayitav libo vayavo lishkav biktzeh ha'aremah

English

"Sir," she said, "I hope to find favor in your eyes, for you give me solace. For you have spoken to your servant's heart, though I am not like your servants." When the time came for eating, Boaz said to her, "Come here, eat of this food, and dip your bread in the vinegar." She sat down beside the harvestmen and he served her roasted grains, and she ate, and had her fill, and more left over. And when she stood up to begin gleaning again, Boaz instructed his workers, "Let her glean among the sheaves as well, do not disgrace her. And drop some ears from the bunches as well; leave them, let her glean them and do not reproach her." Ruth carried on gleaning in the field until evening and then threshed what she had gleaned; it was almost an ephah of barley. She picked it up and came into the city; her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she produced all that was left beyond her fill, and gave it to her. "Where did you gather today," she asked, "where were you? Bless whoever gave you this recognition." So Ruth told her mother-in-law under whose patronage she had worked: "The man's name is Boaz, with whom I worked today." Said Naomi to her daughter-in-law, "The LORD bless him; for he has not left behind his kindness for the living or the dead -" and Naomi told her, "The man is our relative; one of our redeemers." "He said to me, as well," said Ruth the Moabitess: "'Cling by my young men, until they finish all my harvest,'" and Naomi told her daughter-in-law Ruth, "That is well, my daughter. Go out with his young women; do not go and come to harm in other fields." And so it was that she clung by Boaz's young women to glean, until the barley harvest was over, and then the wheat; and after that she sat at home with her mother-in-law. One day her mother-in-law Naomi said to her, "Daughter, do I not wish I could find you a resting place that would be good for you? Now there is Boaz, our relative, whose young women you were with - and he will be doing his winnowing in the barley shed tonight. And you are going to wash yourself and anoint yourself and put on your dress, and go down to that shed. Do not let the man know that you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. And when he lies down, take note of the place where he lies, and afterwards go there, uncover his feet and lie down also - and he will tell you what to do next." "I shall do," said Ruth, "all that you tell me to do." She went down to the shed and did exactly as her mother-in-law had instructed her. Boaz ate, and drank, and was happy, and he went and lay down at the edge of the heap of grain; and then she came to him silently, uncovered his feet and lay herself down.