MEGILAT RUTH | Light, Darkness, and Conversion (C'R' Yishay Moshé ROBSON)

Koh = 25 = Or = Light. The light of Torah belongs to Israel. Ruth left darkness and entered that light. Converts bring a unique power: they know both darkness and light, and help Israel stay on the straight path. In our world we must separate light from darkness until Mashiach comes, when everything will be clarified.1. Megillat Ruth 2:8 "Then Boaz said to Ruth: Do not, my daughter, go to glean in another field, neither leave from here, but stay close by my maidens."2. Megillat Ruth 1:17 "Where you die, I will die... Thus may Hashem do to me, and thus may He add more [koh yaseh Hashem li v’koh yosif]" → Koh = 25 = Or / Light3. Bereshit / Genesis 1:3 4. Yeshayahu / Isaiah 60:2 "For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Hashem will shine upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you."5. Amos 5:18 "Woe to you who desire the day of Hashem! Why would you have this day of Hashem? It is darkness, and not light."6. Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 99a The exchange between the heretic and the sage about “darkness shall cover the earth… but Hashem will shine upon you.”7. Midrash Tanchuma, Parshat Beha’alotecha 7