Chasidut for Sotah 93:4
(מלכים ב ב, יט) ויאמרו אנשי העיר אל אלישע הנה נא מושב העיר טוב כאשר אדוני רואה וגו' וכי מאחר דמים רעים וארץ משכלת אלא מה טובתה אמר רבי חנין חן מקום על יושביו אמר רבי יוחנן שלשה חינות הן חן מקום על יושביו חן אשה על בעלה חן מקח על מקחו
And R. Jose b. Honi said: Ruth was the daughter of Eglon the son of Balak!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So this was Balak's reward and not the death of the children. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> — Nevertheless his desire was to curse Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And so he had his reward in the death of these children. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Keter Shem Tov
From the BeSh"T. "There are three graces: the grace of a place on (in the eyes of) its inhabitants"... (Sotah 47a). This is explained in Chullin 91b, that [when Jacob slept] God "folded up all of the Land of Israel under him"; "the land which you lie upon, I will give it to you" (Genesis 28:13). Meaning, that you will not need to travel from place to place in order to clarify the land's sparks of holiness, for you will be able to clarify them in your place. "And Noah found grace..." (Genesis 6:8)
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