Rus: Digital Shavuos Learning Booklet (Not Printable)

Megilas Rus is one of the shortest books in Tanach, a simple story of loss and loyalty set against the backdrop of the barley harvest. And yet, it was canonized, read publicly every Shavuos, and studied across generations.
Rus herself is one of the quietest figures in all of Tanach. She doesn't perform miracles or deliver speeches. She follows, gleans, and waits — and every act she performs is for someone else, without fanfare, without anyone asking.
This Shavuos booklet explores that chesed: what it looks like, where it comes from, and why it's bound up with the greatest moment in Jewish history.
 
Includes Hebrew and English source texts, Points to Ponder discussion questions, and a companion podcast episode.
 
Compiled by Chana Silberstein