Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 226:8

במתניתא תנא דבר צניעות ראה בה עומדות מעומד נופלות מיושב (רות ב, ח) וכה תדבקין עם נערותי וכי דרכו של בועז לדבק עם הנשים א"ר אלעזר כיון דחזא (רות א, יד) ותשק ערפה לחמותה ורות דבקה בה אמר שרי לאידבוקי בה

but he did not say, Speak, Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Being uncertain whether it was God's voice. ');">²⁶</span> And she went and came and gleaned in the field.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ruth II, 3. ');">²⁷</span> R. Eleazar said: She repeatedly went and came until she found decent men whom to accompany. Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over [he reapers, whose damsel is this?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 5. ');">²⁸</span> Was it then Boaz's practice to enquire about damsels?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely he did not ask about every maiden gleaning in the field! ');">²⁹</span>

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