Ruth and Orpah teach us that you can't achieve anything without setbacks
RUTH AND ORPAH â THERE IS NOTHING WITHOUT SETBACKS Continuing the series of translations of Rabbi Eliezer Berlandâs words from the You will succeed! book. Click HERE [https://www.shuvubanimint.com/product/%d7%94%d7%a1%d7%a4%d7%a8-%d7%90%d7%96-%d7%aa%d7%a6%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%97-%d7%93%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%91-%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%9c%d7%a0%d7%93/] to buy the book in Hebrew. ==== Itâs explained that when a goy (non-Jew) came to Shammai the Elder, and asked him to let him convert when standing on one leg, Shammai pushed him away. This goy wanted to convert on one leg! THE EXPLANATION OF THIS, IS THAT HE WANTED THE TORAH, WITHOUT ANY SETBACKS. And there is no such thing, to have no failures! ==== THIS IS WHAT ORPAH WANTED, TO NOT HAVE ANY SETBACKS. Orpah wanted to have no âdownsâ. She mourned and wailed, she cried, but she said promise me, that I will not have any failures. Naomi said, this I canât promise you. You need to gather ears of grain. You want things without any âdownsâ, that you will just be wealthy, and a millionaires. No! You need to gather ears of grain. She said to her, you know what, donât convert. You are going to experience setbacks! There will be zigzags. Sometimes youâll feel it, and sometimes you wonât. Sometimes youâll see Hashem, and sometimes you wonât see Hashem. And so, only Ruth went the distance. ==== A person has setbacks, he has things heâs missing, heâs in mochin deâkatnut (small mindedness). > But if he would see the light, so then it would all be finished. Today, youâre not seeing it. But tomorrow, youâre going to see it again. ==== Orpah wanted [to convert], she cried, she really wept, how can I leave such noam[1]? Where am I going to go? Back to Moav? To the Philistines? Ruth said to her, you know, there are many setbacks, and this is not a simple matter. This is not âon one footâ. It canât progress, just on one leg. Only if you are prepared to endure all of this, and to go and collect ears of grain in the fields. And she said to her â this I donât want! To gather ears of grain?! Iâm a princess! How can I go and gather ears of grain?! But Ruth said, wherever you die, I will die, and wherever you go I will go, and there I will be buried. I donât care about collecting ears of grain. I donât care to die of hunger. I SAW SUCH A LIGHT, I DONâT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. ==== FOOTNOTES: [1] The Rav is making a play on words. In Hebrew, ânoamâ means pleasantness, and of course itâs almost the name of Naomi. ==== https://ravberland.com/for-the-first-time-in-english-tefilla-lani-for-shavuot/