Remember to Be Strong and Happy Like Hashem
The name Rus means the Bubby of Dovid who was: שֶּרִ וּ הוּ לְהַּק דוֹש ב רוּך הוּא בְשִ ירוֹת וְתִשְב חוֹת ברכות ז ב satiated Hashem with song and praise. We see her utter selflessness, that her whole: מְ צִ יאוּת essence was to be the source of her grandchild's greatness. Dovid had plenty of Maalos. Why Davka his satiating Hashem with songs and praises? We can suggest that what caused Rus to become a Jewess after so much Goyish fun available for a princess? The Simcha and song and beauty of being a Yid that she saw in Naomi, whose very name means “sweet”, and Dovid was called: נְעִים זְמִרוֹת יִשְ ר אֵל ש"ב כג א the sweet singer of Israel. Chazal say: עֹז וְחֶּדְ ו ה בִמְקֹמוֹ דהי"א טז כז there is strength and Simcha near Hashem. Boaz and Rus are strength and Simcha! And Dovid was a combination of both.
Chazal say that immediately after Boaz married Rus, he was Niftar. R’ Chatzkel Abramsky Zatzal points out that when Boaz took Rus as a wife, there was a question if it was permitted to marry a Moabite woman, and the ruling was "Moavi, not Moavit." The people who didn't know the halacha thought Boaz was punished for marrying Rus, but in truth, Hashem arranged that on the last day of his life, Boaz would merit to marry Rus so that David and Mashiach would descend from them. Thus, one should never fear what people say.
